How to Use knockoff in a Sentence

knockoff

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  • That purse is a knockoff.
  • The Buck-Collins show is a clear knockoff of the Mannings’ show.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 19 May 2022
  • Rogue One, though, is a spin-off that doesn’t feel like a knockoff.
    — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 6 Sep. 2022
  • What’s missing this time around is the furtive hush that once came with owning a knockoff.
    — Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The brazen knockoffs, in addition to the coat’s ubiquity, are a turnoff to some.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 10 Nov. 2023
  • But No Starch still needs to keep its books ahead of the imitators and knockoffs.
    — David Streitfeld, New York Times, 23 June 2019
  • All Richie ever did that was bad is look like a knockoff Jeff Goldblum.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2023
  • No one knows what is in the knockoff products or who makes them, health officials say.
    — Denise Grady, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2019
  • But knockoffs abound, and some USB-C chargers are much safer than others.
    — Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The reason their feud worked so well during the 2000s was that there was some truth to Jericho being a bit of an HBK knockoff.
    — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 31 Mar. 2022
  • The owners broke the bad news: The painting had long been regarded as a knockoff by the family.
    — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2023
  • But all subtlety is lost when this J.D. Vance knockoff takes off his mask.
    — Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2022
  • The Texican is not a year-round State Fair knockoff restaurant.
    — Dallas News, 5 Apr. 2022
  • There are no Eric Church knockoffs and no artists that are remotely like him.
    — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 31 May 2019
  • But these Thunderbolts aren’t a low-voltage knockoff of the greats who came before.
    — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 7 May 2021
  • While bartenders in white vests do stir up Manhattans in the brass lobby bar, this isn't some kitschy knockoff of a Mad Men set.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Oct. 2022
  • It was created in 1939, a year after Superman, and very much conceived as a knockoff of the Man of Steel.
    — Jake Coyle, The Seattle Times, 30 Mar. 2019
  • In 2019, Buc-ee’s was alerted about a knockoff Buc-ee’s off a highway north of Amman, Jordan.
    — Lana Ferguson, Dallas News, 27 July 2023
  • The knockoff pair, by contrast were listed for $25 to $35 on Walmart’s website.
    — Nathaniel Easington, Forbes, 25 June 2021
  • The translator drops off the skewers, then returns with a knockoff Louis Vutton suitcase to see if Austin wants to buy it.
    — Alex Prewitt, SI.com, 14 June 2019
  • That the Reels feature across Meta properties is just a TikTok knockoff.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 29 May 2022
  • The bargain-bin knockoffs sold on Amazon, by contrast, offer nothing but a screen on a strap.
    — Drew Millard, The Atlantic, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Now, because of your success, others want to copy, knockoff, and infringe.
    — Stephen Key, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Some find a knockoff instead of the real-deal vintage item that was advertised.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 17 Feb. 2022
  • The Most Dangerous Game knockoff sees Burns hunting all the male regulars for sport.
    — Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2022
  • There’s no getting around the fact that the Worm Slider is a direct knockoff of a traditional plastic worm, right down the wide-gap worm hook.
    — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 22 June 2023
  • Not even nine musical numbers can stop this knockoff from being buried in a blanket of bland.
    — Peter Travers, ABC News, 11 Feb. 2022
  • These Wayfarer knockoffs look good on most faces and are U.V.-protected and polarized.
    — Christine Ryan, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2019
  • After paying, the seller substitutes the item for a knockoff.
    — Andrea Sachs, Twin Cities, 10 Aug. 2019
  • The name is a not-so-regal knockoff of an annual royal river boat race hosted by the British town of Henley-on-Thames.
    — Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2022

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