Discern

Usage examples of knowing.

Gerry would tell the Congress that knowing Adams as he did, he was sure Adams would not decline the duty.

The date was Tuesday, February 17, 1778, and, as Adams had no way of knowing, it marked the beginning of what would become a singular odyssey, in which he would journey farther in all, both by sea and land, than any other leader of the American cause.

By late July, Adams had produced no less than ninety-five letters--more than Congress wanted, he imagined--and never knowing whether anything had been received.

The English constitution, Adams declared--and knowing he would be taken to task for it--was the ideal.

Knowing how much Rush admired Jefferson, Adams was nonetheless equally candid on the subject.

How could he join with Adana, plant his seed within her womb, knowing their progeny would be raised by others?

Yet I find I prefer knowing that I will make my way unencumbered by sorcerous aids or obstacles.

They sat quietly, not talking, listening intently for some new note, but knowing all the while that any sound the Pirate might make would be concealed by the whirring roar of the air sweeping past the giant airfoils of the plane.

A strange chase it was, one that started with Alvar not so much as knowing who it was that he pursued.

Zinsa made a mental note to offer Amani a position when she reopened the clinic, knowing the woman had no other source of income.

It will help me to trust you, knowing that the Amn Al-Khass will have the bullets from the gun that killed my loyal and trusted chauffeur.

When the anchorman panted out a few Dwarvish words and smiled, Rhodry smiled in return, knowing a thanks when he heard it no matter what the language.

The pain of parting from Lydia, and the pain of not knowing for sure what that parting meant, broke the grip of his anhedonic depression.

Madame Gennaro was very angry and told my newly-found cousin that he might have avoided enacting such a scene before her husband, knowing his disease, but he answered that he never thought the circumstance likely to provoke mirth.

The fair philosopher talked for two hours without giving the least sign of knowing who I was, although she answered me with great politeness whenever I ventured to address her.