was knuckling
- past progressive of knuckle.
Example Sentences
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Writing for the Sun on Sunday, Starmer described the strategy as "the most ambitious yet honest delivery plan in a generation" as the government was "knuckling down" on delivering its election promises.
From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2024
“Then I saw the flight of the ball and thought I did, and it was knuckling a little bit and it was going away from me. Took a chance, and it didn’t work out.”
From Washington Times ● May 25, 2016
“It looked like the ball was knuckling a little,” Jennings said.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 17, 2015
A year or even six months ago this announcement would have brought protests from all factions that Great Britain was knuckling under shamefully to the Chinese Nationalists.
From Time Magazine Archive
