kenned

past tense of ken, chiefly Scottish

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for kenned
Verb
  • After throwing the sandwich, Dunn ran off but was apprehended about a block away.
    Sydney Lake, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The male driver, identified as 25-year-old Tajhae Darden, ran from the scene and was apprehended by a police officer on a motorcycle about two minutes after the collision.
    Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The Morant situation unfolded after the team's 117-112 loss to the Lakers, during which some perceived that the Grizzlies star displayed a lack of effort.
    Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Pulling apart fact from fiction in Allen’s story is tricky territory, however, despite the album being widely perceived as a tell-all about her ex-husband, actor David Harbour.
    Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • How gentle and precious to be understood.
    Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 9 Nov. 2025
  • In handing down the sentence, Montenegro said Bonillo understood the scope of his misdeeds, abused his position of trust and used that position to enrich himself while undermining CBP’s main goal.
    Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The big puzzles of today, including dark matter, dark energy, and the origin of the matter-antimatter asymmetry, could hardly have been fathomed at the time.
    Big Think, Big Think, 28 Oct. 2025
  • For reasons nobody has ever quite fathomed, people finally became receptive to the concept.
    Brian Santo, IEEE Spectrum, 7 Nov. 2019
Verb
  • The president worked with Gifford Pinchot—the US Forest Service’s first leader—on a publicity campaign in this realm, and came to appoint a commission in 1903 that held public hearings and investigations the president knew would grab headlines.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Not the loss of titles, or the connections to Jeffrey Epstein, and of course, not how long the royal family knew about it without doing anything.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Combat correspondent Jan Bender, whose video footage in Fallujah was used for the movie, appreciated these aspects.
    David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 8 Nov. 2025
  • The support is appreciated during the financial strain.
    Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Entering a back-to-back this weekend against Golden State and Indiana, the Nuggets possessed the third-best offense in the NBA behind Jokic’s 12 assists per game.
    Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 8 Nov. 2025
  • The charges against Martinez, however, made no mention of a weapon, and prosecutors have acknowledged in court that the gun was not displayed or possessed by Martinez during the confrontation.
    James Hill, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Align franchise, Lululemon hosted a 5,000-person yoga event at Beijing’s Worker’s Stadium, followed by local events across 43 cities within the next month, hosting a total of over 10,000 participants.
    Denni Hu, Footwear News, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Another Utah State goal followed after a Boise State foul in the box.
    Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 9 Nov. 2025
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“Kenned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kenned. Accessed 20 Nov. 2025.

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