knowing

Example Sentences

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Lazlo knew it was a dream, and he knew it wasn’t a dream, and the two knowings chased circles in his mind, dizzying him.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

"Three score and ten I can remember well, Within the volume of which time I have seen Hours dreadful, and things strange, but this sore sight Hath trifled former knowings."

From Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay by Cooper, J. Fenimore

I have five chilluns living to my knowings.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 by Work Projects Administration

Not knowings what that air, and so I frankly tells you, my noble lord dook of the throne, I can't zackly say whether we hab 'em or not.

From The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 2: War by Ward, Artemus

Threescore and ten I can remember well: Within the volume of which time I have seen Hours dreadful, and things strange: but this sore night Hath trifled former knowings.

From Folk-lore of Shakespeare by Thiselton-Dyer, Thomas Firminger