might/should have known
idiom
—used to say that one is not surprised to learn of something
I should have known it would be too expensive.
"She says she's going to be late." "I might have known."
Examples of might/should have known in a Sentence
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The lawsuit contends that the doctors should have known the patient was too unstable to be transferred to radiology for a test to confirm abruption and that an emergency C-section should have been performed sooner.
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Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 21 Feb. 2024
Detectives pulled in drapes, dope addicts, drunks staggering out of bars, truck drivers, soldiers, school chums and anyone else who might have known her.
—Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 27 Jan. 2024
Corrain should have known better than anyone not to underestimate the Reylo fandom.
—Kate Lindsay, Vulture, 5 Jan. 2024
The prosecution has very carefully pulled out a sliver of evidence from a forest of trees to try to convince that there was something wrong with Ethan and that his mom should have known.
—Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 25 Jan. 2024
The president should have known that Saddam Hussein, Iraq’s dictator, had no weapons of mass destruction (WMD), no links to al Qaeda, and no responsibility for 9/11.
—Melvyn P. Leffler, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2020
Mateus’ family is suing Orange County and the Anaheim Police Department for negligence, claiming that officers should have known Romo had a prior arrest, and a restraining order against him.
—Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024
Mayor Scott should have known better than to insinuate prejudice into the blistering citywide debate over squeegee workers’ rights in the aftermath of this already fraught and miserable tragedy.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 8 May 2024
The plaintiff and her attorney argued that Bucklew used his position to groom her, and that others at the school knew, or should have known, that Bucklew was developing the inappropriate relationship with his victim.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Mar. 2024
Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 21 Feb. 2024
Detectives pulled in drapes, dope addicts, drunks staggering out of bars, truck drivers, soldiers, school chums and anyone else who might have known her.
—Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 27 Jan. 2024
Corrain should have known better than anyone not to underestimate the Reylo fandom.
—Kate Lindsay, Vulture, 5 Jan. 2024
The prosecution has very carefully pulled out a sliver of evidence from a forest of trees to try to convince that there was something wrong with Ethan and that his mom should have known.
—Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 25 Jan. 2024
The president should have known that Saddam Hussein, Iraq’s dictator, had no weapons of mass destruction (WMD), no links to al Qaeda, and no responsibility for 9/11.
—Melvyn P. Leffler, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2020
Mateus’ family is suing Orange County and the Anaheim Police Department for negligence, claiming that officers should have known Romo had a prior arrest, and a restraining order against him.
—Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024
Mayor Scott should have known better than to insinuate prejudice into the blistering citywide debate over squeegee workers’ rights in the aftermath of this already fraught and miserable tragedy.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 8 May 2024
The plaintiff and her attorney argued that Bucklew used his position to groom her, and that others at the school knew, or should have known, that Bucklew was developing the inappropriate relationship with his victim.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Mar. 2024
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“Might/should have known.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/might%2Fshould%20have%20known. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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