knuckle

Then again, who among us hasn’t requested a parade of knuckle sandwiches with our cake and candles?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

Instead, attackers fill the space up to the ceiling, forming what I can only describe as a Dagwood knuckle sandwich.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

This kit includes everything you need to make eight luxurious rolls: two pounds of Maine knuckle and claw meat, eight open-top buns, a half-pint of lemony mayo, and the butter to toast the rolls in.

From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2025

"So when my knuckle is away from the body, I'm not anchoring or touching any part of my body and I know I'm within the rules."

From BBC ● May 27, 2025

He pointed at the middle knuckle on my right hand.

From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds

The vice president’s words sound good — like a rap on the knuckles of the tech billionaires who can’t stop claiming they’re building doomsday devices.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026

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

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

Mr Teller said the name was also inspired by the distinctive pale "knuckles" on the small leg-like appendages at the side of the spider's mouth.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2025

Then the two of them knocked knuckles and chanted the lyrics to their favorite classic-rock tune: “We are the champions, my friend....”

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein

Instead, she knuckled down and rediscovered her free-scoring form and, with the help of Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh and latterly Amanjot, ensured the chase did not go down to wire.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2025

Yet, when faced with adversity, Adams never knuckled up for any fights on principle, choosing only to take the easiest and most comfortable way out.

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2025

Boyd scored midway through the first period, beating Stalock on a shot from the right circle that knuckled off Chicago defenseman Ian Mitchell’s stick.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 28, 2023

When it came, he read the puck and deflected it with the shaft of his stick, then watched as it knuckled past Shesterkin to make it 1-0 at 4:25.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 25, 2023

Possibly she wants to be a painter, and thinks I have compromised my principles, knuckled under to success.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

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

Fowler scored his career-best 43rd point with a goal in the first period on a knuckling shot that threaded a path among three Anaheim teammates.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 24, 2023

I was white knuckling it on the passenger side, as one does, jamming my right foot down on the floor.

From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2022

Woman and chimp walk the perimeter of the yard, Jamie knuckling along inside the fence, Goodrich chatting with her companionably from outside.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2018

“No,” came back sourly, “but here you are in the officer’s room with two robots standing guard at the door. That’s not knuckling under, is it?”

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov