Example Sentences

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But they can try to make sense of what just passed, starting with a primary season that was a strange mix of ennui and white knuckles.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

Mr. Ferguson seems less concerned now that the FTC is using its knuckles to chill private speech.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

“Fingers bruised from lifting boxes on the warehouse floor, palms calloused from delivery bike handlebars, knuckles scarred with kitchen burns: These are not hands that have been allowed to hold power,” he said.

From Salon • Nov. 6, 2025

Combatants try to get any edge they can in the contests, which can be painfully hard on the knuckles.

From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025

He was immensely popular, receiving so many fist bumps as they walked down the halls it was a wonder his knuckles didn’t bleed.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman