KNAVE in a Sentence
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21 example sentences for KNAVE, such as:
1. Once a knave, ever a knave.
2. Uncas, drop the blanket, and show the knaves its dark side.
3. Any politician nicknamed Tricky Dick clearly has the reputation of a knave.
4. The knaves haven't yet got their eyes out of the mist, or we should hear the accursed whoop.
5. All is plain but one thing, which is the manner that the knave contrived to get the gentle ones along the blind trail.
2. Uncas, drop the blanket, and show the knaves its dark side.
3. Any politician nicknamed Tricky Dick clearly has the reputation of a knave.
4. The knaves haven't yet got their eyes out of the mist, or we should hear the accursed whoop.
5. All is plain but one thing, which is the manner that the knave contrived to get the gentle ones along the blind trail.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of KNAVE
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knave
n. untrustworthy person; deceitful and unreliable scoundrel; man of humble birth; male servant
Classic Sentence: (19 in 2 pages)
1 We shall see that presently," said the robber; and, speaking to his companions, he added, "bring along the knave.
2 They swarmed close up to the walls, headed, as I think, by the knave who won the prize at the archery, for I knew his horn and baldric.
3 He is a quick, apprehensive knave, who sees his neighbours blind side, and knows how to keep the lee-gage when his passions are blowing high.
4 Thornton Lacey was the name of his impending living, as Miss Crawford well knew; and her interest in a negotiation for William Price's knave increased.
5 When a man consort much with a people," continued Hawkeye, "if they were honest and he no knave, love will grow up atwixt them.
6 All is plain but one thing, which is the manner that the knave contrived to get the gentle ones along the blind trail.
7 The imp is not a Huron," he said, "nor of any of the Canada tribes; and yet you see, by his clothes, the knave has been plundering a white.
8 Uncas, drop the blanket, and show the knaves its dark side.
9 Doctrine or no doctrine," said the sturdy woodsman, "'tis the belief of knaves, and the curse of an honest man.
10 The knaves know our weakness," whispered Hawkeye, who stood by the side of Heyward, in deep shade, looking through an opening in the logs, "or they wouldn't indulge their idleness in such a squaw's march.
11 The knaves haven't yet got their eyes out of the mist, or we should hear the accursed whoop.
12 Edge her a little more from the sun, Sagamore," said the stubborn woodsman; "I see the knaves are sparing a man to the rifle.
13 See, see; the knaves are getting in that clump of pines, like bees settling after their flight.
14 "Send these loitering knaves up hither," said the Saxon, impatiently.
15 "Hear me, Rebecca," he said, proceeding with animation; "a better chance hast thou for life and liberty than yonder knaves and dotard dream of."
Example Sentence:
1 Any politician nicknamed Tricky Dick clearly has the reputation of a knave.
2 Once a knave, ever a knave.