How to Use knowledge in a Sentence

knowledge

noun
  • Did you have any knowledge of her intentions?
  • He has devoted himself to the pursuit of knowledge.
  • She has little knowledge of fashion.
  • She gained a thorough knowledge of local customs.
  • With their aid, he should be able to adapt himself selectively to his culture, rejecting its evils, stupidities and irrelevances, gratefully accepting all its treasures of accumulated knowledge … and practical wisdom.
    Aldous Huxley, "Culture and the … ",
  • All this leads to the stereotype of the wine snob lording knowledge over the rest of the world.
    Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2020
  • This class will give you the knowledge and tools to do it well.
    Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 13 Jan. 2022
  • His knowledge of the strike zone is one of the biggest keys for me.
    Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Apr. 2018
  • Why let all that knowledge sit at home with me on the couch.
    Bob McManaman, The Arizona Republic, 23 Aug. 2020
  • Gonzales-Day’s art is the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
    Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Test your knowledge of the week in news, and take last week’s quiz here.
    Ash Reynolds, NBC News, 9 Nov. 2024
  • Bezos is a huge fan of Tolkien and has a great knowledge of the lore.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 5 Oct. 2022
  • The dealer had no knowledge that the piece was stolen, the statement said.
    Kelsie Smith, CNN, 3 Sep. 2020
  • Hold in your heart the knowledge that this is a special place.
    National Geographic, 15 Sep. 2019
  • Just being next to him, just a lot of knowledge right next to me.
    Amie Just | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 27 Nov. 2020
  • To the best of his knowledge, no event like that had ever been held in the park at all.
    Author: Madeline McGee, Anchorage Daily News, 10 June 2019
  • Click here to go for gold and test your knowledge of the Olympic program.
    NBC News, 23 July 2024
  • In the movie, Amy still exists, but to our knowledge, there's no Cash.
    Town & Country, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The Biden team came in with a plan and knowledge of how to execute it.
    Frederick M. Hess, National Review, 23 May 2021
  • And then came the internet, which spread that knowledge across the globe.
    Sarah Scoles, Discover Magazine, 7 Aug. 2017
  • Dreams cause a rise in passion, lessons a rise in knowledge.
    idahostatesman, 4 Aug. 2017
  • Our brain determines the time based on our knowledge of the laws of physics.
    Popular Science, 30 May 2020
  • The city seemed to be vibrating with the mere knowledge of B’s presence in the GTA.
    Hazlitt, 19 July 2023
  • The New York Times spoke to six people with firsthand knowledge of the case.
    Matina Stevis-Gridneff, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Watch the full video above to test your own Cardi lyric knowledge.
    Rebecca Schiller, Billboard, 29 June 2018
  • Test your knowledge with azcentral.com's news quiz for Aug. 17.
    The Arizona Republic, 17 Aug. 2024
  • Test your knowledge with azcentral.com's news quiz for Nov. 30.
    The Arizona Republic, 29 Nov. 2024
  • That didn’t happen, and to my knowledge, Gouraige hadn’t been back since.
    Benjamin Wolk, ajc, 27 Nov. 2017
  • Internally, Martin’s network seems to be working to his advantage, said a DNC member with close knowledge of the candidates who was granted anonymity to speak freely about the process.
    Brittany Shepherd, ABC News, 12 Dec. 2024
  • While this suggests the stock was purchased without McGarvey's knowledge, experts say the sale may still call into question his previous criticism of Trump.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024

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