knuckles

Example Sentences

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When it looked like my knuckles would punch holes in it, I plopped it down.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Budget airline easyJet was given a rap on the knuckles this week for misleading customers about how much it charges for a carry-on bag.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 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

Halfway up the ridge, my old friend the lizard scampered across my knuckles.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri