How to Use full well in a Sentence
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Joe Schoen knows full well that plans can change.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2025
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Biles knows full well the two sides of Olympic triumph and stress.
—Rob Ledonne, Vogue, 19 Feb. 2026
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Like the people in the pews who know full well the power of prayer.
—Thomas Farragher, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Apr. 2022
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Joseph Fung knows full well that he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
—John Kang, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2023
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Keep your guests full well into the evening with a medley of sweet and savory tartlets.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Sep. 2022
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And Baier probably knows full well where his bread is buttered.
—Peter Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 16 July 2024
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The Florida Panthers know full well the grind that lies ahead of them.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2025
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But knowing full well that he's been accused of all these awful things with underage girls.
—CBS News, 19 Oct. 2022
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Even though his plans are in motion, however, Leone knows full well that changes must be made from script to screen.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 5 Oct. 2024
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At his most powerful, Maxo is one of those writers who knows full well how sound can sell a message.
—Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 6 July 2026
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Several Phase 4 films leaked in full well before their time in theaters.
—Chris Smith, BGR, 29 July 2022
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Putin knows full well where the supplies inflicting high casualties on his troops come from.
—Alina Polyakova, Foreign Affairs, 1 Feb. 2024
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Twitter personality, knowing full well that’s the last thing the artist would want to hear.
—Arielle Lana Lejarde, Rolling Stone, 13 July 2022
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In an effort to get sparks to fly, Summer went downstairs to ask him for a fork knowing full well where they were kept.
—Susan Young, People.com, 13 Oct. 2024
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Twitter knows full well that music is leaked, launched, and streamed by billions of people every day on its platform.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 14 June 2023
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Ursula waddles back into the ocean, knowing full well that sometimes girl code is the harshest weapon of all.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 27 Nov. 2025
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When that happened, experts in obesity medicine were elated, knowing full well the scope of the problem.
—Gina Kolata, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2023
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Many stories leaked in full well ahead of their theatrical or Disney Plus debut.
—Chris Smith, BGR, 9 Dec. 2022
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Some coaches know that full well, using control tactics to build themselves up while tearing at least some of their players down.
—Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Sep. 2023
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Daemon shakes his head, knowing full well what happened to his brother’s wife during her own C-section.
—Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 26 Sep. 2022
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The world saw the Ukrainian attack coming, knowing full well that Putin is not in the habit of bluffing.
—Keith Krach, Fortune, 27 Apr. 2022
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That’s why Burrow knows full well how tough a quarterback’s day can be with someone like Reader in their face.
—Mohammad Ahmad, cleveland, 27 Nov. 2022
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Next, knowing full well that Rip would also be beating himself up, Beth poured him a whiskey and lit a fire in the main house.
—Charlie Mason, TVLine, 1 Dec. 2024
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Leo said, seemingly trying to convince himself, with both knowing full well that the mistake could happen again.
—Kristina Behr, Parents, 11 Mar. 2024
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Knowing full well Anthony Harrell was a couple yards away on the ground waiting for the same.
—Brendan Le, Peoplemag, 4 Mar. 2024
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This woman is a visionary who knows full well how to make exciting, new, detail-minded, zeitgeisty stuff.
—Chris Richards, Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2024
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Julia, no slouch, knows full well what Becket is up to and is hellbent on using that information to cash out big time.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 18 Feb. 2026
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As any bride-to-be or wedding planner knows full well, there are plenty of items on their to-do lists, but tariff watching is not one that most would have planned for.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 23 Apr. 2025
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Miller has a chance to win a Super Bowl crown with a third team, knowing full well how defense factors into the equation.
—Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2022
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There was real pressure on him after the game Silovs played, knowing full well that the crowd in Pittsburgh is often quick to turn on him.
—Josh Yohe, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
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