How to Use knowing in a Sentence

knowing

1 of 2 adjective

• She looked at us in a knowing way.
• The mother-daughter duo shared the knowing look while Prince Louis was briefly out of his seat.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 7 May 2023
• But at least thus far, the show plainly lacks the knowing, campy tone of that erotic-thriller classic.
  — Vulture, 4 June 2023
• The dealer does not make a remark, your neighbor at the table does not raise a knowing eyebrow.
  — Steve Silverman, Baltimore Sun, 8 Jan. 2024
• Here, a simple introduction -- a knowing glance among friends -- takes place.
  — Susan Scutti, CNN, 11 Apr. 2018
• Writing my little letter to Santo Clos and delivering it with an angelic smile and a knowing wink was part of the fun.
  — Alex Zaragoza, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2023
• Her voice is warm and knowing, full of sisterly disclosures that veer into platitude.
  — Annalisa Quinn, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Nov. 2022
• Its buildings now resemble its brands: cooler, cuter, greener, more knowing and ironic.
  — Darran Anderson, The Atlantic, 24 Aug. 2020
• Newsroom humor is twisted, cynical, knowing, ever aware of the maddening gap between how things are and how things should be — but also open to the possibility that the gap can be closed.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2023
• Instead, Doe must show Michigan State harmed her through obvious and knowing indifference: school officials knew about what happened and then looked the other way.
  — Michael McCann, SI.com, 13 Apr. 2018
• Hers, however, is at once more knowing, and more self-deprecatory.
  — Sophie Madeline Dess, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2022
• The teenagers of Generation X took to Pee-wee immediately, imitating him in a knowing way.
  — Hank Stuever, Washington Post, 31 July 2023
• Joined by her childhood best friend, a cousin and a college friend living in China, Audrey’s journey becomes a platform for wild humor and a knowing look at clashing sensibilities.
  — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2023
• Eagle-eyed fans will have noticed that, after the Toymaker had been literally packed away, a gold tooth fell to the ground and was picked up by an unseen character (a knowing nod to the 2007 season finale where a very similar thing happened).
  — Cameron K McEwan, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Dec. 2023
• Any cokeheads who—like stoners at a Judd Apatow flick—await every knowing wink will be disappointed: These are surprisingly few and far between.
  — WIRED, 24 Feb. 2023
• Accompanied by her band Y’all, the American Idol alum injected the popular track with her signature belt and stunning vibrato, and even gave the camera a knowing wink while singing her rendition.
  — Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 15 Mar. 2023
• Reimagine is a word that has been tossed around so brazenly — by people and institutions looking to rebrand and revise history — that its invocation can elicit more knowing smirks than exciting thrills.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Apr. 2023
• Absolutely nothing, because this beginner’s luck, this not-knowing, has prevented me from overthinking too much.
  — Véronique Hyland, ELLE, 28 Mar. 2023
• More pressingly, the writing, intent on remaining lightly comic and knowing, keeps delivering what is familiar and unchallenging.
  — Vulture, 10 Aug. 2023
• She looked at us in a knowing way.
• The mother-daughter duo shared the knowing look while Prince Louis was briefly out of his seat.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 7 May 2023
• But at least thus far, the show plainly lacks the knowing, campy tone of that erotic-thriller classic.
  — Vulture, 4 June 2023
• The dealer does not make a remark, your neighbor at the table does not raise a knowing eyebrow.
  — Steve Silverman, Baltimore Sun, 8 Jan. 2024
• Here, a simple introduction -- a knowing glance among friends -- takes place.
  — Susan Scutti, CNN, 11 Apr. 2018
• Writing my little letter to Santo Clos and delivering it with an angelic smile and a knowing wink was part of the fun.
  — Alex Zaragoza, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2023
• Her voice is warm and knowing, full of sisterly disclosures that veer into platitude.
  — Annalisa Quinn, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Nov. 2022
• Its buildings now resemble its brands: cooler, cuter, greener, more knowing and ironic.
  — Darran Anderson, The Atlantic, 24 Aug. 2020
• Newsroom humor is twisted, cynical, knowing, ever aware of the maddening gap between how things are and how things should be — but also open to the possibility that the gap can be closed.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2023
• Instead, Doe must show Michigan State harmed her through obvious and knowing indifference: school officials knew about what happened and then looked the other way.
  — Michael McCann, SI.com, 13 Apr. 2018
• Hers, however, is at once more knowing, and more self-deprecatory.
  — Sophie Madeline Dess, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2022

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knowing

2 of 2 noun

• 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 | [e-mail], 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
• For all that mini-me playfulness, that childlike outlook the duo hopes to channel through clothes, the sartorial proposition skewed more knowing, say editor/press rep/gallerist.
  — Tina Isaac-Goizé, Vogue, 26 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024