Knew means: simple past of know. Below you'll find 20 example sentences showing how to use Knew in practice.
Knew in a sentence
Knew meaning
- simple past of know
- past participle of know
Example sentences (20)
The actress added “ever since I was a little girl I knew I wanted kids”, and said: “But I knew I wanted them older.
My client cautioned me whether I knew the buyers, and I answered I knew their lawyer way back in secondary school.
I knew very little about death, but I knew there was something wrong about someone so young suddenly being gone.
She knew when he was lying, knew when something was bothering him and was the one who always gave him the best advice.
I saw handfuls of before I knew what they were called … and handfuls more before I knew how they were achieved.
Bisciotti and Harbaugh knew it, and Goodell knew it, that’s why he didn’t ask to see a tape on Rich inside the elevator.
I don’t know if they knew that I was moving to Georgia, if they just knew my wife was from Georgia, or what the deal was.
But I knew that she had worked with Leigh Whannell and also with James and I also knew how dedicated to the craft she is.
Dr Besigye knew that Kyagulanyi was starting a political party and he knew why he was taking that direction.
I knew I had a huge opportunity that year, but when I got my fourth concussion I knew I needed to step down.
Now Pelosi and Schiff have the unmitigated audacity to call for an investigation into what Trump knew and when he knew it?
Like I said, I had a familiarity with music — I knew music and I knew good music — but that shit was just, like, it bit me.
It wasn’t until legislators personally knew someone or knew a family affected by the opioid epidemic that action was taken.
The courageous Members of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack knew the evidence and they knew the law.
A few times in a very small moment because I knew I didn’t have time, I knew I had an 11 o’clock flight.
We knew we'd been there before and we knew that emotion and extra noise was going to do us no favours.
Mr Hogden knew Steven was a recovering heroin addict and said he had never seen him inject but knew syringes were in his bedroom.
His public persona sometimes masked the generous and caring part, but those who knew him knew better.
Surprisingly, Kara knew of her relationship to Superman, though it's never confirmed if he knew about her or her home of Argo City.
I knew that I didn’t know that I would make it, but I knew that I would regret it if I didn’t try.
Common combinations with knew
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- knew that 51×
- he knew 51×
- knew it 36×
- we knew 35×
- they knew 25×
- knew the 23×
- you knew 20×
- and knew 19×
- who knew 19×
- knew how 17×
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The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word knew. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.