The dice had rolled badly, there was no other explanation, and the two men must knuckle under.
The jowled man knuckled his hat back off his forehead.
That leathery-skinned man, with a face like one of the horses, knuckled his forehead and hurried to the back of the stable.
The man knuckled his forehead.
The man behind the counter smiled and knuckled a forelock in the approved manner.
Regardless, 10 man Queens knuckled down and got on with it.
The white-haired man gave a wheezing cough and knuckled his mustache vigorously.
This obviously says more about the USA than Havel but it was sad to see a man of such fine principals knuckle under.
"You'd be nuts, too, on this job," the little man sobbed, and knuckled a pendant drop from his nose.