How to Use know better in a Sentence

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• Kids know better than to use it.
  — NBC news, 30 Nov. 2025
• My dogs know better than to move the cat.
  — Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
• The ones who are supposed to know better.
  — Matt K. Lewis, Twin Cities, 28 Oct. 2025
• Old enough to know better, but still young enough to do it anyway.
  — Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 17 July 2023
• The greater fear by those who know better is how far will this slippery slope go?
  — Annika Erikson, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2023
• Ramsey should know better than to throw a punch at a player.
  — James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Nov. 2025
• Second, be more willing to bow to others who know better.
  — Big Think, 28 Jan. 2026
• As adults, we’re expected to know better.
  — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
• But business owners like myself - and just about all of my clients - know better.
  — Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
• Anybody who has hunted elk 23 years ought to know better.
  — Fred C. Mercer, Outdoor Life, 14 Aug. 2025
• It’s often overlooked by those who don’t know better — and cherished by those who do.
  — Rebecca Rose, Travel + Leisure, 25 Sep. 2023
• Lots of people in positions to do something know better but refuse to stand up.
  — Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2022
• But many of the comments came from people who really should know better.
  — Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2026
• Few know better than Smith how much this does to elevate a chef’s profile.
  — Lawrence Specker | [email protected], al, 13 Aug. 2023
• Happy Birthday to a woman who's old enough to know better and young enough to not care.
  — Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 17 Jan. 2023
• Spoelstra said those who attempt to draw out Adebayo should know better.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 14 Nov. 2022
• He’s just surrounded by weak people — folks who should know better but who don’t have the courage to stand up to him.
  — Kyle Whitmire | [email protected], al, 5 Aug. 2023
• Any good, law-abiding citizens would know better than to put themselves in harm’s way.
  — Alexandra Petri, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2026
• Biden wants to brag about the economy but families know better.
  — Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2022
• Uncle Fred’s life was pristine, no one else better know better!
  — Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 12 Mar. 2025
• Lawmakers ought to know better.
  — Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 14 Sep. 2025
• Someone in your larger social network might be worth getting to know better at this time.
  — Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2022
• Marines know better than most the full weight of accountability.
  — Maureen MacKey, Fox News, 11 Nov. 2023
• Caps fans know better than anyone that regular-season records don’t mean a thing in the playoffs.
  — Sean McIndoe, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
• That said, Simon may know better this time than to pass up on Keiichi's talent.
  — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 21 Jan. 2023
• That’s the mark of a good team, but the great ones know better than to mistake a sideshow for a classic rivalry against an old foe.
  — Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 9 Oct. 2022
• Despite being mocked by pundits who should know better, Haley is right — the race is down to two.
  — Christian Schneider, National Review, 18 Jan. 2024
• But businesses, and Beijing, know better than to assume the storm has passed.
  — Shannon Carroll, Quartz, 12 May 2025
• But the Americans know better than to take anything for granted.
  — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 21 July 2023
• But the shelter workers know better, and so do the Dardennes.
  — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2026