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Sentences starting with knowing

Knowing Mr. Stanley to be an able man, and not doubting that he is a patriot, I should be glad for him to be with his old acquaintances south of Virginia, but I am unable to suggest anything definite upon the subject. [7]
Knowing what he sought, she could no longer resist the impulse of her heart, but stepped forth from the shadow of the sycamore and gave Hosea a cordial and tender welcome. [10]
Knowing that one son was out of danger she became the more anxious about Petya. [2]
Knowing Jethro as she did, she felt that it would be useless, and she could not bear to make it in vain; if the memory of that evening in the tannery shed would not serve, nothing would serve. [9]
Knowing that you shared in our uneasiness concerning Judge Whipple, I thought--" He stopped, and looked at her. [9]
Knowing what Elsie must be to him, how hard she must make any parent's life, Helen could not but be struck with the interest Mr. Dudley Venner showed in her as his daughter's instructress. [6]
Knowing that every moment of his waking life was golden, I could not but be impressed with the power that could command his exclusive service for an indefinite time. [4]
Knowing that this judgment had some connection with the land affair, I immediately took a copy of it, which is word for word, letter for letter and cross for cross as follows: Joseph Anderson, vs. Joseph Miller. [7]
Knowing the Twins intimately, I feel that I am peculiarly well qualified for the task I have taken upon myself. [5]
Knowing Nick as I did, the difficulty of the task appalled me, for no man was likelier than he to fly off at a misplaced word. [9]

Sentences ending with knowing

I'd never let you leave me without knowing. [13]
You'll meet people worth knowing. [11]
One there is who knows him through and through, and hath little joy in the knowing. [11]
Whatever he disclosed was always in confidence, so that he had the reputation of being as discreet as he was knowing. [4]
And I guess the things she does not know about life are not worth knowing. [4]
This was a test of Macnamara, for Slatin said some things in English which were not for the Khalifa's knowing. [11]
Rough water can teach lessons worth knowing. [6]
Would it be possible to shut one sluice and open the other without the man at the wheel knowing? [11]
These matters are not only new, but are well worth knowing. [5]
Old as she looked, her eye was bright and knowing. [6]

Short sentences using knowing

Mr. Ball looked knowing. [9]
He looks too knowing. [6]
I insist on knowing! [10]

Sentences containing knowing two or more times

She followed him into the hallway, knowing that she had failed, knowing that she never could have succeeded. [9]

More example sentences with the word knowing in them

You boldly drive your boat right into what seems to be a solid, straight wall (you knowing very well that in reality there is a curve there), and that wall falls back and makes way for you. [5]
Everybody will tell you that; and one day when a stranger threw a stone at it, not knowing it was your cat, the village rose against him as one man and hanged him! [5]
I know that you have felt hard towards me for turning over the canoe, and for knowing too much and leading you round and round in the snow--but I meant well; forgive me. [5]
I know what you have done for me--" "I pleaded with Monsieur Fournel, knowing how you loved the Seigneury-- pleaded and offered to pay three times the price--" "Yourself would have been a hundred million times the price. [11]
I was busy yesterday and I did not intend to go, knowing I should have another "Tannh:auser" opportunity in a few days; but after five o'clock I found myself free and walked out to the opera-house and arrived about the beginning of the second act. [5]
Not for worlds would she have been seen in the house; and knowing, as she did from her games with Mary, every nook and corner of it, she began to consider her position. [10]
Cannot a man work in wood without knowing all about endogens and exogens, or must he attend Professor Gray's Lectures before he can be trusted to make a box-trap? [3]
I would not wonder if I am the worst literary thief in the world, without knowing it. [5]
They all went without knowing whither or why they were going. [2]
He had died without knowing the truth, and her heart was hardened against him who had brought misery upon her. [11]
Must she die without knowing how much the fire had injured the newly built convent, on whose site she had enjoyed the springtime of love, and how the good Sisters fared? [10]
She will die without knowing he can't leave that place. [5]
I was inspired with the absurd ambition, not uncommon to youthful students, of knowing as much as their masters. [6]
Mark Twain, threatened with a cold, and knowing the dinner would be strenuous, did not feel able to attend, so wrote a letter which, if found suitable, could be read at the gathering. [5]
For myself, I wish the earth close about me, and level green grass above me, and no one knowing of the place; or else, fire or the sea. [11]
The Prophet was wise without knowing it when he decided not to go down into the paradise of Damascus. [5]
It was a wise and knowing eye. [11]
There are reasons why he does not come, as your honour kens, knowing the history of Erris Boyne. [11]
Shorter," said Honora, whose surprise had given place to a very natural resentment, since she had not the honour of knowing Mrs. Grainger. [9]
Pierre, not knowing whom to answer, looked at them all and smiled. [2]
He has a whole lot of assurance, an air of knowing what he's talking about, and apparently he doesn't give a continental whether he's popular or not. [9]
Is it those who resist the measure, or those who causelessly brought it forward, and pressed it through, having reason to know, and in fact knowing, it must and would be so resisted? [7]
Charmian, not knowing what to do, passed her arm around her. [10]
But not knowing what the trouble was, I could not be any help to him. [5]
What alterations, or what provisions in the way of altering, were going on in committee, Trumbull had no means of knowing, until the altered bill was reported back. [7]
The members of what had once been an army--Napoleon himself and all his soldiers fled--without knowing whither, each concerned only to make his escape as quickly as possible from this position, of the hopelessness of which they were all more or less vaguely conscious. [2]
Then all these Westphalians and Hessians whom Napoleon is leading would not follow him into Russia, and we should not go to fight in Austria and Prussia without knowing why. [2]
But her thoughts were uncontrollable, she was drawn continually to the edge of that precipice which hung over the waters whence they had dragged her, never knowing when the vertigo would seize her. [9]
Three strange comrades were these, who knew each other so far as one man can know another, yet each knowing from a different stand-point. [11]
Eagerly as we were looking out for it, we passed the great Ramsey's without knowing it, for it was the first of a little settlement of two houses and a saw-mill and barn. [4]
And she is well worth knowing more intimately. [6]
That seemed no weighty matter, for many sailors had made love to Carterette in her time, and knowing it was here to-day and away to-morrow with them, her heart had remained untouched. [11]
She would be weary now, and worn with this long captivity, her forces impaired; despondent, perhaps, as knowing there was no hope. [5]
That is the way with us; we may go on half of our life not knowing such a thing is in us, when in reality it was there all the time, and all we needed was something to turn up that would call for it. [5]
I have no way of knowing whether this notion is well founded or not. [5]
Happy as Petya was, he felt sad at having to go home knowing that all the enjoyment of that day was over. [2]
So here she was, forecasting the veritable history of future prisoners of the Castle d'If, without knowing it. [5]
I knew it was prophecy; and I sat down crying, as knowing we should lose her. [5]
I suppose I was lost without knowing it when I began to think of moulding her. [9]
What comfort there was in it we had in knowing that she was a favorite in the society of which we read such glowing descriptions, and that no one else bore its honors more winningly. [4]
When the count was already leaving the room, Princess Mary went up hurriedly to Natasha, took her by the hand, and said with a deep sigh: "Wait, I must..." Natasha glanced at her ironically without knowing why. [2]
And then we walked slowly to the house and into the dining room, Mr. Carvel leading the procession, and I an unwilling rear, knowing that my fate would be decided between them. [9]
He is a very knowing young man, but I can't think he is foolish enough, to say nothing of his honesty, to make any false step of the kind you seem to hint. [6]
He has a very knowing look, but that he always has. [12]
Meanwhile he constantly urged haste, held out the pass and letter his master had given him and, knowing nothing of the misfortune which had befallen me, charged me to deliver the roll to the prince in his place. [10]
In another corner two old bees are languidly fighting, or cleaning themselves, or feeding one another, without themselves knowing whether they do it with friendly or hostile intent. [2]
But a foule trouble there was to make him kneel to receive his Crown; he not knowing the majesty nor wearing of a Crown, nor bending of the knee, endured so many persuasions, examples and instructions as tyred them all. [4]
The architect had told him that it was necessary, and Pierre, without knowing why, was having his enormous Petersburg house done up. [2]
Sherman is coming to you, though gaps in the telegraph prevent our knowing how far he is advanced. [7]
I was knowing to these letters when Judge Hawkins received them. [5]
Straight she goes to the palace at night, no one knowing but--guess who? [11]
It was easy to talk about these things; in fact, Jack talked a great deal about them in the clubs, and occasionally with a knot of men after dinner in a knowing, pessimistic sort of way. [4]
Ought the president to take the money, knowing how it was made? [4]
So she went to see the Commissioner, who was on a tour of scrutiny on their arrival at the post, and, as better men than he had done in more knowing circles, he fell under her spell. [11]
He again tried to put the matter behind him for the present, knowing that he must face it one day, and staving off its reality as long as possible. [11]
It is pleasing to notice how much credit such men as Mavick obtain in the world by circumspect reticence and a knowing manner. [4]
Lastly, he stole to Ledscha's home, and, knowing that her father was absent, had ventured as far as the open courtyard in the centre of the stately dwelling. [10]
I try hard to give you credit, Jonathan, for not knowing the ways of the world--but it's always been difficult to believe that Minnie Farrell had become well--a bad woman. [9]
This led him to form a summer acquaintance with the Secretary, who was pleased to give him whatever information he asked for; being proud of the Society, as she had a right to be, and knowing more about it than anybody else. [6]
Not knowing what to do, he tucked in the bedclothes gently. [11]
It scared me to death, the idea of this fool starting a smelting furnace in his house without knowing it, and getting his dull eyes opened. [5]
They were ashamed to be called cowards, ashamed to leave, but still they left, knowing it had to be done. [2]
Most of the time I haven't even the satisfaction of knowing were he is--London, Paris, or New York. [9]
These exaggerations ran through the city, arousing indignation; and the correspondents of foreign papers, knowing that readers often like best what is most incredible, had sent the accounts to the provinces and foreign countries. [10]
It's one of those good things that get about without anybody's knowing who says 'em. [6]
And Philostratus, knowing this man, and the human heart, did not make it too easy for him to achieve his end. [10]
She had hazarded this in the hands of my jailer as her only hope, and, knowing that he might not serve her, had put her message in vague sentences which I readily interpreted. [11]
And very often this "moral" is tagged on at the bottom, and the reader, not knowing that it is the key of the whole thing and the only important paragraph in the article, tranquilly turns up his nose at it and leaves it unread. [5]
It was the thing that never dies, the love that defies injury, shame, crime, deceit, and desertion, and lives pityingly on, knowing all, enduring all, desiring no touch, no communion, yet prevailing--the indestructible thing. [11]
On the ranches they let their cattle loose upon the plains in winter, knowing not where they go, yet looking for them to return in the spring. [11]
For a moment there was absolute silence, in which the chairman adjusted his glasses and fumbled with the agenda paper in his confusion, scarcely knowing what to do. [11]
I have seen them more than once for a moment, but have not had the privilege of knowing them personally as intimately as I wanted to. [5]
He had been their physician and treated them kindly-an elderly man, he had himself undergone sore trials and, knowing the pain of suffering, was ready to alleviate the pangs of others. [10]
I gathered from their conversation that they were on their way to Philadelphia upon some private business, the nature of which, knowing Captain Daniel's sentiments and those of Colonel Washington, I went not far to guess. [9]
He had now the sweetness of earning daily bread by the work of his hands; of giving to the poor, the needy, and the afflicted; of knowing for the first time in his life that he was not alone in the world. [11]
She was in the street again, in the automobile, without knowing how she got there, and Chiltern close beside her in the limousine. [9]
She went up the stairs, and they stood in the hall not knowing what to do, whispering in awe-struck voices. [9]
Now I haven't the pleasure of knowing you as well as I hope to one of these days, Mrs. Spence--" "Oh, I say! [9]
The rest of the party had long felt the chill of the damp night air that blew through the room from the river, but knowing that the father suffered more from heat than from anything, they had all willingly endured the draught. [10]
She probably opened the letter without knowing who it was from. [2]
But she had the incomprehensible feminine satisfaction of knowing, as they walked homeward, that the usual serenity of his disposition was slightly ruffled. [9]
Mrs. Pomfret, knowing the income, after an exhaustive search decided upon Leith as the place to build her villa. [9]
The knowing air, the familiar, jocular, smart manner, the nodding and winking innuendoes, supposed to be those of a man "up to snuff," and au fait in political wiles, were inexpressibly comical. [4]
I assure you the duty of knowing isn't very pleasant. [8]
A third is the dropping of a studied remark apparently without knowing it, as if one where thinking aloud. [5]
A third is the dropping of a studied remark apparently without knowing it, as if one were thinking aloud. [5]
Venters prepared for the day, knowing himself a different man. [13]
Away around through the curtaining forest I sped, as if on wings, none knowing what was become of me, none suspecting my design. [5]
A portion of the crowd streamed after the strangers, but the larger number remained at their places, knowing that many a new and wonderful sight yet awaited them. [10]
Do you support the Constitution if, knowing or believing there is a right established under it which needs specific legislation, you withhold that legislation? [7]
They will reinforce the bridge forts from this side to-night, knowing what ought to happen to-morrow. [5]
He had somehow the air of knowing everything--more than Mr. Plimpton did. [9]
It passes beyond the affectation of knowing persons who write books and write for the press, artists in paint and artists in music. [4]
We can't start the affair without knowing for certain how many there are. [2]
I turned to the advertising columns, knowing I should find something of personal interest to me there. [5]
A third, in the absence of opponents, between two councils would simply solicit a special gratuity for his faithful services, well knowing that at that moment people would be too busy to refuse him. [2]
You will remember that Virginia Carvel came back from Europe; and made quite a stir in a town where all who were worth knowing were intimates. [9]
Meantime Raleigh, knowing that the colony would probably need aid, was preparing a fleet of three well appointed ships to accompany Sir Richard Grenville, and an "advice ship," plentifully freighted, to send in advance to give intelligence of his coming. [4]
I never believed that story; I couldn't believe she would be so dead to all motherly instincts as to come here, knowing the risk she would run of getting me into irremediable trouble. [5]
It might be that Rudyard was gone forever without hearing what she had to say, or knowing whether she desired reconciliation and peace. [11]

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