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Example sentences for "knock came"

  • In the midst of the strange reverie she heard footsteps on the stair, and presently a knock came to the door.

  • The afternoon was far spent; she had eaten nothing since morning, and was lying face down on the bed, when a knock came to the door.

  • A knock came to the door, and seizing his mace the boy ran and opened it.

  • She had done so, and was sitting to rest and to think when Rossi's knock came at the door.

  • As he was putting it into the envelope, a knock came to the door, and his valet informed him that the head-keeper wished to see him.

  • After about ten minutes a knock came to the door, and the servant entered, carrying a large mahogany chest of chemicals, with a long coil of steel and platinum wire and two rather curiously-shaped iron clamps.

  • While Lord Henry sat dreaming on these things, a knock came to the door, and his valet entered, and reminded him it was time to dress for dinner.

  • Here a knock came to the door, and in answer to an invitation to enter, it opened, and Kilsip glided into the room.

  • Just as Frettlby was putting on his coat, a knock came to the door, and Madge entered.

  • Just then a knock came to his door, and Mrs. Sampson entered with a telegram, which she handed to Brian.

  • Here a knock came at the front door, loud and decisive.

  • After about ten minutes a knock came to the door, and the servant entered, carrying a large mahogany chest of chemicals, with a long coil of steel and platinum wire and two rather curiously shaped iron clamps.

  • While Lord Henry sat dreaming on these things, a knock came to the door, and his valet entered and reminded him it was time to dress for dinner.

  • Picking up his pipe he lit it, and as he dropped the charred end of the match in the spittoon a knock came at the door.

  • He sat down at his desk, and, when his visitor's knock came, appeared to be busy with his mail.

  • His mother summoned her "hired" girl, and by the time Hardwig's knock came at the door a place was set for him.

  • He had not been thinking five minutes when a knock came to the door, and he was handed a telegram containing two words: "A boy.

  • She took two steps towards the door and stopped to think again, and she was thinking when a knock came to the door.

  • A knock came at his door, and pausing, with a volume of Heine still unwrapped in his hand, he waited in silence until his visitor should retire down the stairs.

  • A knock came at the door, and Smithson entered and conferred with his employer over a telegram, while Gabriel rose to his feet.

  • In a little while a knock came to my door, and Mary Quince was ordered by old Wyat into my uncle's room.

  • At this moment a knock came to the door, and a flunkey--a new one--appeared.

  • Fully dressed now, he was preparing to go down when a knock came to the door and Mr. Church came in with a big envelope on a salver.

  • Look at me, look at me in the face, you sumph--" A knock came to the door.

  • A knock came to the door and a servant announced: "Sir Hugh Spicer and Captain Stark to see you, my Lord.

  • A half-dollar was passed over, and now a knock came at her dressing-room door.

  • He came over, and was about to begin a conversation with her, when a knock came at their door.

  • Just then a knock came at their door and the maidservant handed a letter in.

  • Dressing, after the matinee on Wednesday, a knock came at her dressing-room door.

  • A knock came at the door, and she was surprised to find that she had been asleep.

  • At the moment when she thought she was about to hear and see, a knock came at her door, and the revelation of her destiny passed, with a little ironical smile, out of her eyes and ears.

  • A knock came at my door and, upon opening, I beheld Lord Hastings, then the Chancellor of the Kingdom, and at his side a gentleman which I had not before seen.

  • After luncheon we both went up to the studio together, and Viola was ensconced in my armchair when Veronica's knock came on the door.

  • A knock came at her door, and Louise entered.

  • The Warden ground his teeth and tore open the letter, and then a knock came at his door.

  • She began a fresh letter and was at the first sentence when a knock came at the door.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "knock came" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    and took; but would; eighty feet; fair rent; great evil; hidden away; jist what; knock came; knocked down; lingua franca; little band; little pleased; long bones; longer love; mon oncle; neutral property; nothing had; open their; powdered sugar; pursue their; round tower; stand beside; three syllables