- present participle of know.
knowing
Example Sentences
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George Atef, a 38-year-old Egyptian civil servant in Kuwait, said: "What exhausts me most is not knowing when this situation will end -- the waiting itself has become draining."
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
"And then knowing that there's like so many things I want to bring with me, and I just can't go back," she said.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
“I feel like I’m continuing to get better at knowing where to go with two strikes, knowing where to go versus a certain hitter with two strikes and just kind of reading the game.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
“Financial independence is controlling your own future,” said Greg Welborn, an adviser in Pasadena, Calif. “It’s knowing if you lost your income, how you’d recover.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 12, 2026
It was strange hearing him say those things, knowing how much his words applied to me, yet also knowing I could never say so, even here.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
