knocked about

Example Sentences

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While some of the barrels being transported through the strait have been successfully re-routed, experts still estimate that the war has knocked about a tenth of the world's supply out of the market.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

An asteroid minding its own business not too far from Earth is about to get knocked about by a visitor from our planet.

From New York Times • Sep. 25, 2022

Gareth Leather, senior Asia economist at Capital Economics, said Malaysia's heavy fuel and transport subsidies have likely knocked about 1.5 percentage points off the country's inflation, which was just 2.3% in April.

From Reuters • May 25, 2022

Though in Craig’s brawny, bruiser continuation of the role, it can get pretty badly knocked about.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2021

He knocked about, searching for the way out, but when he found the open door, managed to push it shut.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson