How to Use knowing in a Sentence

knowing

noun
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  • The comfort, the ease, the knowing of each other is the same.
    — Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 2 Apr. 2021
  • And the slightest of side-eye, the knowing, the release of a lifetime of doubt.
    — Jeneé Osterheldt, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Sep. 2022
  • His winking tone was met with a knowing laugh from the crowd.
    — Melanie Mason Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2021
  • The problem then is clearly in the doing, not in the knowing.
    — Andrew Deutscher, Forbes, 22 June 2021
  • The boy stares from the photograph with a knowing look.
    — Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2021
  • But so does the knowing how to do the small things that make a difference in games.
    — Dylan Hernández Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2021
  • Of course, your girlfriend would have to know the truth, and your friend would have to be OK with her knowing.
    — Abigail Van Buren, Twin Cities, 16 Oct. 2019
  • It’s a knowing hint at the terror that’s about to unfurl—the sense that time is about to slip out of whack.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 22 July 2021
  • There's no knowing when things will return to normal even as the threat of the fire wanes.
    — Justin Price, The Arizona Republic, 25 June 2020
  • Check out What a way to kick off the new year [cue Phoebe Waller-Bridge knowing smirk to camera].
    — Chris Murphy, Vulture, 1 Jan. 2021
  • The knowing against the unknowing was the hardest part.
    — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 22 Sep. 2022
  • And in 2022, to make it all the way to your premiere with no one knowing is a miracle.
    — Clark Collis, EW.com, 15 Sep. 2022
  • North filmed a live video, recording the inside of her home without the mom of four knowing.
    — PEOPLE.com, 18 Feb. 2022
  • But who knew how long these birds had been there without our knowing?
    — Lauren Markham, Harper's Magazine, 16 Mar. 2021
  • In the blink of an eye their hearts and minds glow with the radiance of transcendent knowing.
    — Sarah Brookbank, Cincinnati.com, 9 Oct. 2019
  • With this recipe from chef Ed Scarpone, your hands can become the knowing kind.
    — Bonnie S. Benwick, Washington Post, 7 June 2019
  • No; this magic is what results from the deep knowing that your win is my win is our win.
    — Gloria Alamrew, refinery29.com, 21 Sep. 2023
  • In the meantime, rest easy knowing that the future of sustainable footwear is in good hands.
    — Eliza Huber, refinery29.com, 28 May 2020
  • There is no way of knowing, again, because of the solipsism problem.
    — John Horgan, Scientific American, 9 Mar. 2021
  • Zach Ertz played Thursday night against the Bucs knowing he would be traded to the Cardinals the next day.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 16 Oct. 2021
  • The result was runs of 7, 7, 8 and 9 yards, even with the Cardinal knowing full well what was coming.
    — oregonlive, 13 Dec. 2020
  • With her hair askew and a knowing look in her eyes, Roth flashed a devilish smirk as the fire roared behind her.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 29 Apr. 2021
  • The answer is in his knowing stare during the crucible of the 2019 tournament.
    — Bill Pennington, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2020
  • Love them enough that our knowing — the structural inevitability of the play — is neither a flaw nor, in fact, the point.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Yet there’s no knowing for sure if picking up the pace and action will hook young kids, keep them engaged, and thus grow the game.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2021
  • Once the connection has been made, then the knowing and growing can begin.
    — Paul Herman, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2022
  • Or maybe, like most of us, Sarah just felt sick knowing that Victoria would likely skate right on by to the next week.
    — Martha Sorren, refinery29.com, 12 Jan. 2021
  • Klein cracked a knowing smile when asked Thursday about what happened next.
    — Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 30 Dec. 2022
  • Murray took a beat to answer, pursing her lips with a knowing stare.
    — Dana Bash and Abbie Sharpe, CNN, 4 July 2021
  • Of course, experts had been warning for weeks that the chances of knowing who won the presidency in one night were slim.
    — Angela Watercutter, Wired, 4 Nov. 2020

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