KNEW in a Sentence

Learn KNEW from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
347 example sentences for KNEW, such as:
1. They knew when to attack and when to retreat.
2. Ethan knew the word for one of exceptional import.
3. He had a fancy that she knew what had restrained him.
4. It seemed that nobody knew anything about the matter.
5. We knew she must be in pain, despite her stoic attitude.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of KNEW
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  I kinder knew I'd want to take a ride to-night, Eady, in his triumph, tried to put a sentimental note into his bragging voice.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
2  "Maybe she's forgotten it," Mattie said in a tremulous whisper; but both of them knew that it was not like Zeena to forget.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
3  He had a fancy that she knew what had restrained him.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VI
4  They hailed Ethan with ironic compliment and offers of conviviality; but no one knew where to find the glue.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VI
5  Perhaps Zeena had failed to see the new doctor or had not liked his counsels: Ethan knew that in such cases the first person she met was likely to be held responsible for her grievance.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VI
6  Ethan knew the word for one of exceptional import.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
7  From the beginning of the discussion he had instinctively avoided the mention of Mattie's name, fearing he hardly knew what: criticism, complaints, or vague allusions to the imminent probability of her marrying.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
8  Both bowed to the inexorable truth: they knew that Zeena never changed her mind, and that in her case a resolve once taken was equivalent to an act performed.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
9  "I might get something to do over at Stamford," she faltered, as if knowing that he knew she had no hope.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
10  His first object was to reach Starkfield before Hale had started for his work; he knew the carpenter had a job down the Corbury road and was likely to leave his house early.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VIII
11  I knew then that it was she who had been speaking when we entered.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
12  Mattie was, before the accident; I never knew a sweeter nature.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
13  They were all healthy, thoughtless young animals, sleek, graceful, high-spirited, the boys as mettlesome as the horses they rode, mettlesome and dangerous but, withal, sweet-tempered to those who knew how to handle them.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
14  He knew he had made India love him and he knew that she still loved him and, deep in his heart, he had the feeling that he had not played the gentleman.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
15  You always knew where you stood with India and you never had the slightest notion with Scarlett.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
Example Sentence: (137 in 10 pages)
1  I knew she wouldn't be able to resist pairing me off with someone.
2  I knew absolutely nothing about handling or feeding a baby.
3  When I saw you across the room I knew I'd met you before.
4  I hasten to add that I knew nothing of the fraud at the time.
5  Admit it, we all love listening to the LIES when we already knew the TRUTH.
6  I thought I knew quite a lot about electrical things, but when I was given this old radio to repair, I had to admit that I'd met my match.
7  When the great fish flipped over on its back,we knew it was almost dead.
8  I knew a lot about the subject already, but her talk was interesting nevertheless.
9  She walked home by herself, although she knew that it was dangerous.
10  When I heard him speaking such broken English, I knew he was not a native American.
11  It seemed that nobody knew anything about the matter.
12  It is reasonable to assume that he knew beforehand that this would happen.
13  Just before an attack everything would go quiet but we knew it was just the lull before the storm.
14  They knew when to attack and when to retreat.
15  We knew she must be in pain, despite her stoic attitude.