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Meanings of perfunctory knock in English

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Usage of perfunctory knock in English
1
After a perfunctory knock, I turned the handle and stepped in.
Summers at Castle Auburn
2
He gave a perfunctory knock, already pushing open the door.
The irish warrior
3
She was interrupted by a perfunctory knock at the door.
Think of a number
4
He opened the office door, giving it a perfunctory knock as he did so.
Timescape
5
She gave her perfunctory knock, and turned the door-handle.
The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes
6
There was a perfunctory knock at the door, and Becky Helmington poked her head in.
End of Watch
7
Kline looked like he might debate this but stopped when the door opened after a perfunctory knock.
Think of a number
8
It seemed like hours before Luke, with a perfunctory knock on the open door, came in carrying the crutch.
The power of the legendary greek
9
Aw, never mind, I'll-There is a single perfunctory knock and then Ernie's looking in at the brain trust.
Black house
10
I arrived at George's villa out of breath, bursting with suppressed excitement, gave a perfunctory knock at the door, and dashed in.
The corfu trilogy
11
Rusty was placing a sterile gauze sponge on the wound when there was a perfunctory knock at the door, followed by Ginny Tomlinson's head.
Under the dome: a novel
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