How to Use known in a Sentence

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• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• All are renowned in the business, but some are less well known to the general public.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2024
• The fire's cause remains unknown, with no known connection between the short-term rental units and the fire.
  — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 20 Mar. 2023
• But the only known survivors from that night were Kafayet and his passengers.
  — Kristen Gelineau, BostonGlobe.com, 6 June 2023
• How the group manufactures the makeshift rockets is less known.
  — Isabelle Chapman, CNN, 13 Oct. 2023
• These links are less explored and less known than those between math and, say, music.
  — Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 12 Jan. 2024
• The first known piece of mail sent with a prepaid, adhesive stamp could sell for as much as $2.5 million.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Jan. 2024
• Unlike most of the artists featured in this series, the Rolling Stones are pretty well known, to put it mildly.
  — Hugh Hart, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2023
• The only known way to affect his shot is to foul him, over and over, and hope referees run out of the breath required to blow the whistle.
  — Gregg Doyel, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Jan. 2024
• Her cell phone was found locked without a known password, police said.
  — Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 1 Dec. 2023
• But with little known about them, it’s left to viewers to imagine their backgrounds.
  — Anne Pinto-Rodrigues, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Mar. 2023
• While a known classic, eggnog can also be cutting edge.
  — Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Dec. 2023
• So many major events became known to me through the print newspaper.
  — WSJ, 18 July 2023
• The performances in the film by Michael Douglas and Glenn Close are so well known and live on in public consciousness.
  — Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2023
• The biggest reason for that is well known: The cost of living in the Golden State is among America’s highest.
  — Joe Mathews, The Mercury News, 13 Jan. 2024
• The Post’s research revealed that Maura was the only known person from Suyoc to die at the fair, and Buangan agreed.
  — Claire Healy, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2023
• The four new colonies were found thousands of miles apart — along the coast of Antarctica — bringing the total number of known colonies on the continent to 66.
  — Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2024
• All this is well known to anyone with combat experience in the last 20 years.
  — David Kilcullen, Foreign Affairs, 23 Oct. 2023
• The Princess of Wales is a known fan of tennis, and her family makes a point of attending Wimbledon each year.
  — Stephanie Kaloi, Peoplemag, 19 Oct. 2023
• Smalls’ escape and rise to national prominence are well known.
  — Jonathan W. White, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024
• But the fact that young voters back both reproductive rights and the Democrats who support them, by wide margins, is very well known.
  — Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 15 Apr. 2023
• One of the largest benefits of driving an electric vehicle — the low cost of recharging — is less well known.
  — Shannon Osaka, Emily Guskin, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Sep. 2023
• There are no known side effects of topical or oral ceramides.
  — Lisa Desantis, Health, 22 Mar. 2024
• Most were due to norovirus (47%) and salmonella (17%), at least among outbreaks with known causes.
  — Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 6 June 2023

Last Updated: 7 May 2024