knifing

Example Sentences

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Claude took that advice to heart, knifing through the lane and attacking the rim early and often.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2025

The Hawks stutter-stepped and jabbed their way to the free throw line with deft ease, knifing the hosts from beyond the arc when they weren’t dancing inside the key.

From Washington Post • Mar. 4, 2022

He didn’t shy from knifing through traffic and taking the ball to the basket, oftentimes hitting the floor hard.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 24, 2022

Bolsonaro, 66, has been in the Sao Paulo hospital since Wednesday for treatment relating to an obstructed intestine following the 2018 knifing.

From Reuters • Jul. 17, 2021

In profile, with pumping thighs and knifing arms, we cut through the shin-whipping grass.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides