KNEW in a Sentence

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For KNEW, below is one of 347 sentences:
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.

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 Meanings and Examples of KNEW
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
knew
 v.  past tense of KNOW
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 Mitche
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 Mitche
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 Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
Example Sentence: (137 in 10 pages)
16  I knew right away that I was pregnant.
17  She knew that he was inspired by base motives.
18  The fox knew too much, that's how he lost his tail.
19  No one knew how to treat this dreaded disease.
20  I knew that everything would turn out fine in the end.
21  I only knew the official version of events.
22  Detectives believe that the victim knew his killer.
23  Johann was the bank robbers' secret weapon - he knew the secrets of the alarm system.
24  She knew I wanted to try the boat out at the weekend.
25  The question arises as to whether or not he knew of the situation.
26  Everyone within earshot soon knew her opinion of Reggie.
27  The woman knew that the nearest village was miles away.
28  The measure of a man's real character is what he would do ifhe knew he would never be found out.
29  There you are, I knew you'd forget if you didn't write it down.
30  He knew he had been wrong, and duly apologized.