knowing

Example Sentences

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“Did you tell him?” she says up there on the screen, drawing more knowing chuckles from that knowingest of audiences.

From Washington Post • Oct. 20, 2015

He's only four year and a little better, but—criky!—if 'e ain't the knowingest little colt as ever I raised!

From The Parts Men Play by Baxter, Arthur Beverley

At this Broussard would laugh and agree with Kettle that the After-Clap was the knowingest baby in the world, and Anita would blush beautifully.

From Betty at Fort Blizzard by Seawell, Molly Elliot

Wotan hails him as the knowingest of the knowing, and then hurls at him the question he should himself have asked: Who will mend the sword?

From The Perfect Wagnerite, Commentary on the Ring by Shaw, Bernard

Old Granny Badger she was the knowingest old nuss in all these parts; and she was with Ruth's mother when she was born, and she told Lady Lothrop all about it.

From Oldtown Fireside Stories by Stowe, Harriet Beecher