knockings
- plural of knocking.
Example Sentences
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Tony Murray’s book Holy Pictures captures the last knockings of an Ireland wholly dominated by the ritual and calendar of the Catholic church.
From The Guardian • Jun. 7, 2020
His political activism was forged in a childhood spent along the campaign trail — pancake breakfasts and endless door knockings.
From Washington Post • Aug. 16, 2018
In the late knockings of this Ashes series, the overall contest already lost, he may at last have found his place.
From BBC • Aug. 21, 2013
Ian Evans is also an option in the second row, although Geoff Parling didn't miss one of his 14 tackles and ran an almost faultless line-out until the last knockings.
From BBC • Jun. 29, 2013
She could hear the echoes of her knockings inside, so she knew that she would have heard footsteps if someone had been hurrying to answer the door.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
