How to Use known in a Sentence

known

adjective

• The lost decade of the 1990s is well known around Cincinnati.
  — Joe Harrington, The Enquirer, 2 Feb. 2022
• The litany of the sins of these terrible regimes is well known.
  — Danielle Pletka, National Review, 12 Feb. 2022
• There are no known cases of the Oropouche virus in the United States.
  — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 30 May 2024
• The rock star was best known for his Bat Out of Hell album.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2022
• This dance would soon become known as the Ghillies Ball.
  — Emily Burack, Town & Country, 13 Aug. 2022
• Butz is most known for his work on stage and has won two Tony Awards.
  — Matthew Acosta, Peoplemag, 17 Sep. 2024
• The Bulls are most known for being the team that Michael Jordan played for.
  — Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
• The House was made known of the subpoena by the House clerk, who spoke on the floor on Wednesday.
  — Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 1 Nov. 2023
• So there's just a lot of risks out there along the West Coast that are pretty well known.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2022
• The children were not harmed and were passed on to known adults, police said.
  — Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2025
• But the movie can’t quite be content with sticking close to known physics.
  — Jennifer Ouellette and Sean M. Carroll, Ars Technica, 24 Nov. 2023
• Less well known, though, is the role the film has played in the story of Mattel’s revival.
  — Carly Olson, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2024
• Its presence in the state’s snowpacks has been less well known.
  — Nora Mishanec, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2023
• About 75% of the dogs at Texas A&M tested positive for a known pathogen.
  — Linda Carroll, NBC News, 3 Dec. 2023
• The Nazis were well known for keeping detailed records.
  — Rich Schapiro, NBC News, 15 Jan. 2023
• One of the few things limiting the reach of Aid Access is that it’s still not well known.
  — David Ingram, NBC News, 7 July 2022
• Caan, who was best known for his roles in movies like The Godfather and Elf, was 82 years old.
  — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 7 July 2022
• Lynch, best known for her role in Glee, has a special connection to the show.
  — Annie Goldsmith, Town & Country, 7 Feb. 2022
• While Hulu is more known for TV than movies, features are the hottest new drops in March.
  — PCMAG, 18 Feb. 2022
• The known unknown is how the rest of the world will react and what the ultimate outcome will be.
  — Peter D. Feaver, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2024
• There are no known cases of bird flu in beef cattle so far.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 29 Apr. 2024
• There are no known cases of the disease in Oregon wildlife.
  — Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2025
• There is no known threat to the public, but no arrest has been made in connection with the killing.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 28 Aug. 2023
• Less known, however, is that the same strategies can be put to work in the garden.
  — Karen Hugg, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024
• Jones, a known pimp, was upset over unpaid debts from Woldu.
  — Elena Santa Cruz, The Arizona Republic, 19 Aug. 2023
• This flaw, now well known, was discovered in the 1971 Sylmar quake.
  — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2023
• For years, the known history of the death flights was limited.
  — Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
• All are renowned in the business, but some are less well known to the general public.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2024
• The only known way to create black holes is through the deaths of massive stars, but that process yields black holes with a few dozen solar masses.
  — Paul Sutter, Space.com, 21 Apr. 2025
• McCarthy is more known for his businesslike approach to racing.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025