Knocked Over

I scan the room — folk-art paintings of sea life and beaches, a framed Dalì print straight out of Dorm Life 101, a bookshelf with two knocked-over pictures. ❋ Chris Vola (2011)

A few tiny circular tables and knocked-over chairs are scattered about the sticky black linoleum floor. ❋ Daniel Hernandez (2011)

He had barely gotten past “Ladies and gentlemen” when a rush of late-coming miners tramped into the town hall in their heavy boots and “settled down noisily in a clatter of knocked-over benches and a buzz of beery whispers.” ❋ JR. ROY MORRIS (2010)

That said, along with the 10 people at my screening and the New York Times, I was knocked-over by how well he handled action, tension, gore, clever subtext, and a modern flare too often attributed to coked-out music video directors. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Then the scenes of angry outbursts, played over and over, sometimes accentuated with slammed doors, knocked-over furniture or squealing tires as he sped away, hurrying to find refuge in some dark, inviting bar. ❋ Jack Canfield (2009)

A hedgehog was rolled on its side like a knocked-over table, its four legs tensed and straight. ❋ TIM DEE (2009)

Before the disgraced soccer legend, whose family is from Algeria, explained his actions at a press conference mid-week, the word on the pitch and in the international press was that the knocked-over Italian player had razzed Zidane about terrorism. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Cracked dried mud laying an inch deep in car interiors, air conditioner parts hanging from telephone wires, power lines dangling by a knocked-over fire hydrant. (both shut off, of course.) ❋ Unknown (2008)

[2] Stefan's photo of his knocked-over McGavick sign shows the '' standard stake method '', that almost all the big campaigns use. ❋ Unknown (2006)

A tip-over switch that shuts down a knocked-over heater is another desirable feature; five tested models lack one. ❋ Unknown (2007)

For instance, watching a knocked-over flask dripping onto the ground will play the tune for the "empty" spell, which you can then repeat on your distaff. ❋ Greg Tannahill (2006)

When he got to the entry hall, stepping around the knocked-over table, he saw the two duffels. ❋ Saintcrow, Lilith (2005)