ken
Example Sentences
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His tableaux don’t always succeed, but when they do, their strangeness hints at things beyond ordinary ken.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026
When Mani audited a course on theoretical physics, it was generally assumed that the material would be "beyond her ken", Sur observes.
From BBC • Dec. 7, 2023
The comparison between the two marriages, each undone by the search for something outside the characters’ ken, nevertheless feels specious.
From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2023
Mysteries, as their very name indicates, are stories about things beyond ordinary human ken.
From Washington Post • Dec. 2, 2022
"Do you not ken it's a bad omen?"
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
