She checked it in two ways; by her own frank acceptance of him much as she would have accepted a brother in the household, and by her uncanny and unconscious knack of reminding him in almost every word and gesture of Reenie Hardy.
It was Mrs. Duncan's custom to sit in the rear seat, for its better riding qualities, and it had a knack of falling about that Edith would ride in the front seat with the driver.
He had the great knackof selecting the right man for the job, and inspired deep loyalty in his staff.
Also he acquired the knack of sleeping at odd times, whenever opportunity offered and under any conditions.
The knack of lifting the bits with the tongue and shoving them forward of the bridle-teeth came in time.
There is quite a knack in this; indeed, success largely depends upon this one thing.
This is a very particular business, as there is a great knack in it.
Not the least of her charms was that she had the knack of putting one absolutely at one's ease; and presently she began to question me about myself.
He knew nothing about iron work, but it did not take him long to get the knack of it.
You had better lie down between casts," he advised, grasping an arm of the Iron Boy, who was staggering about blindly after a successful dipping, for even in his suffering he was rapidly getting the knack of the work.
But you some white-lead ink must get And write on paper black as jet; Your interest lies to learn the knack Of whitening what before was black.
The Dean was famous in his time, And had a kind of knack at rhyme.
When attacked sometimes, Becky had a knack of adopting a demure ingenue air, under which she was most dangerous.
Grace always finds lots of things no one else would see; and she has a happy knack of picking up the mountains and cities and big trees and tossing them across the continent right before the reader's eyes.
Grace Greenwood is gifted with a special knack at story-telling for young folks, and Heads and Tails, with its stories of pet birds, cats, etc.
Nothing impressed me more than his sunny nature and the wonderful knack he had of putting everybody at their ease immediately.
It was just a little pleasantry, this suggestion that it was myself who was the attraction, but it was an example of his happy knack of putting everybody at their ease immediately.
But she will have some more with papa," replied Martin, who had an amiable knack of spoiling his children.
No, I don't generally go at it quite so hard; but you know I have a knack of doing things against time.
She had a knack of exasperating Mr. Britling's father, a knack which to a less marked degree she also possessed in relation to the son.
The people may follow false gods for a very long time, but they have the knack of recognising the truth when it is shown them.
I have learnt theknack of apt debating and I understand the tricks.
But I always had a knack with ill people," she said, dropping the deep fringes of her eyes upon damask cheeks.
Hawkes was gifted with the knack of being able to extend probable patterns two or three moves into the future; Alan could only work with the given, and so he never made the swift series of guesses which led to victory.
He was just like Steve, a born loser, without the knack the game required.
He had a knack of hitting upon the topic most disagreeable to his interlocutor or to the company in general, and of introducing the same at the most inappropriate moment, always in a smooth, plausible way, which made it more irritating.
Things have a knack of not going so smoothly when mothers are away, as I daresay you've noticed.
Forbes had the rare knackof using the word "lady" without an effect of middle class.
Alex tried to show Rob how to quack like a duck without using any artificial means, but Rob did not quite get the knackof it that evening.
This ancient gambling device of the Indians was very simple and the game was soon learned, but the knack of catching the disks in the pan proved quite difficult.
One boot has always the knack of wearing better than its fellow.
The shunter of our ballast train was a heavy-shouldered man, and he had a bad temper and an unhappy knack of lifting his fists to those who were afraid of him.
The old stagers acquire a knackof talking without moving their lips, so that the words just reach the man in front or behind.
He ain't no respect for his betters now that he's got theknack of shootin'.
This General Wolfe, a keen organiser himself, was one of those officers who had the happyknack of rapidly discovering the good points of those who served him.
Duty fell in with his wishes, as it has a knack of doing.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "knack" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
