Knows is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Knows in a sentence
Related words
Knows meaning
- third-person singular simple present indicative of know
- All persons, singular and plural, present form of know.
Using Knows
- The main meaning on this page is: third-person singular simple present indicative of know | All persons, singular and plural, present form of know.
- In the example corpus, knows often appears in combinations such as: he knows, who knows, knows that.
Context around Knows
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21 words
- Position in the sentence: 16 start, 3 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Knows
- In this selection, "knows" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, everyone, says, family, numbers, animals and anything stand out and add context to how "knows" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include code for knows how to, about them knows they will and everybody knows. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "knows" sits close to words such as policies, spend and restaurant, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with knows
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Everyone knows mate, everyone knows. (5 words)
Knows the club and more importantly knows league 1 football. (10 words)
She knows the colours, she knows numbers and she knows animals. (11 words)
Milkstone and Deeplish councillor, Shahid Mohammed, said: “Everybody who knows me, knows how much I care about this area and our amazing community and I understand there are some strong feelings out there about the active travel trial. (38 words)
But the phrase doesn't mean what it says: "knows how to read" is code for "knows how to spot opportunity", which in turn is often code for "knows how to plunder". (32 words)
Anyone who knows anything about them knows they will be prepared, so we need Anfield on their toes from the first second, without me having an argument with the opposition coach. (31 words)
Anyone that knows me knows that I devote 100% to my causes! (12 words)
Example sentences (20)
But the phrase doesn't mean what it says: "knows how to read" is code for "knows how to spot opportunity", which in turn is often code for "knows how to plunder".
She knows the colours, she knows numbers and she knows animals.
Anyone that knows my family knows that Spades is our game.
Anyone who knows anything about them knows they will be prepared, so we need Anfield on their toes from the first second, without me having an argument with the opposition coach.
Anyone who knows Sylvester knows a humble, grounded young man who boasts big dreams but a small ego.
DeRozan says he knows that the Raptors defence will be focused on him throughout the game, but he’s confident he knows how to handle it.
Everyone that knows him knows how insane he was—in the best way.
Everything he’s done is a mistake, and Clayton knows it because Edens knows it.
Falconer knows the key to success is consistency and knows they can't afford to be complacent against anyone.
He knows it's a custodial sentence and he knows the damage drugs do to people and society because he's a product of that himself.
If it’s the Packers, he knows he can win an MVP but he also knows he can’t win a Super Bowl.
It knows it’s a horror movie, and it leans into that, but it also knows it’s a campy slasher people are watching for fun.
Knows the club and more importantly knows league 1 football.
Milkstone and Deeplish councillor, Shahid Mohammed, said: “Everybody who knows me, knows how much I care about this area and our amazing community and I understand there are some strong feelings out there about the active travel trial.
Someone who knows themselves and knows that they can have bad times and they can have great times, but it’s staying with someone and figuring it out.
To get access to this secret fund manager to manage your money and invest it, you will have to know someone who knows someone who knows him.
Anyone that knows me knows that I devote 100% to my causes!
Anyone who knows me knows how patriotic I am, how much I love representing Ireland around the world and playing for my country.
Everyone knows mate, everyone knows.
Everyone knows what to expect once we're out here, knows what you can do to keep your head down and stay fresh for the games.
Phrases with knows
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with knows
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- he knows 63×
- who knows 54×
- knows that 33×
- knows how 31×
- knows the 27×
- knows what 25×
- she knows 15×
- knows it 14×
- knows he 14×
- knows me 14×