kenned

past tense of ken, chiefly Scottish

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for kenned
Verb
  • Authorities apprehended Tyler Robinson, age 22, in connection with the shooting after a 33-hour manhunt involving tips from Robinson’s family and subsequent coordination with law enforcement.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Authorities say Routh fled the scene but was later apprehended.
    Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As hotels compete for increasingly discerning customers, designs perceived as impractical or uncomfortable can quickly backfire in the age of viral social media.
    Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
  • At age 62, Doug Rasheed has enough self-awareness to know how his accomplishments in the music industry might be perceived by consumers of today’s most popular artists and songs.
    Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Now in production, the indie feature stars Dern as steadfast patriarch Gramps, whose daughter Shay (Thompson) is a single mother navigating the ADHD diagnosis of one of her identical twin sons, who shares his medication with his brother in attempt to be understood, sparking an unforgettable summer.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Christian Siriano has always understood the art of drama.
    Essence, Essence, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • For reasons nobody has ever quite fathomed, people finally became receptive to the concept.
    Brian Santo, IEEE Spectrum, 7 Nov. 2019
Verb
  • Who knew the antidote for my incurable pixie cut envy would be a 13-second video of Kate Middleton?
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Prine’s health issues of the previous couple of decades were no secret—the throat cancer, the operation for lung cancer, and God knew what else.
    Tom Piazza September 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Our testers couldn’t get enough of the perfume’s quiet coziness and appreciated the fact that the juice has a little oomph in terms of staying power.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Sharing this column with other people who play ReHeardle would be appreciated too.
    Kris Holt, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The creature that possessed the unfortunate Ensign Gamble finds a way back from its permanent transporter buffer exile, and is able to exert a malign influence on a whole new generation of followers.
    Richard Edwards, Space.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Senior Logan Posey has been a man possessed through two games, running for 352 yards and four TDs on 37 carries, including 115 yards in a loss to Pine Creek in Week 1.
    Matt Schubert, Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Season 4 lands on October 30th and will be followed by a fifth and final season.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Dakota Johnson followed suit at the Kering Foundation’s Caring for Women dinner that same night, wearing a sexy black lace Gucci dress over black underwear.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 14 Sep. 2025
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“Kenned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kenned. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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