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.

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 Meanings and Examples of KNAVE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
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.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
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.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
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.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
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.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
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.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 19
6  All is plain but one thing, which is the manner that the knave contrived to get the gentle ones along the blind trail.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 21
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.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 21
8  Uncas, drop the blanket, and show the knaves its dark side.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 6
9  Doctrine or no doctrine," said the sturdy woodsman, "'tis the belief of knaves, and the curse of an honest man.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 12
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.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 13
11  The knaves haven't yet got their eyes out of the mist, or we should hear the accursed whoop.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 20
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.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 20
13  See, see; the knaves are getting in that clump of pines, like bees settling after their flight.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 32
14  "Send these loitering knaves up hither," said the Saxon, impatiently.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
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."
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIII
Example Sentence:
1  Any politician nicknamed Tricky Dick clearly has the reputation of a knave.
2  Once a knave, ever a knave.