privy to
Example Sentences
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Privy to it are the senior members of the large, somewhat bumbling bidimensional bureaucracy that manages the portal, who are allowed to pass between worlds using visas measured in hours.
From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2018
Privy to the great magnetic secrets of the boreal realm.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 3, 2014
Privy to all these arrangements, and in fact the chief mover in them, was Hardman's attorney.
From Tales for Young and Old by Various
Privy to his fate, we experience a strange compassion.
From Yet Again by Beerbohm, Max, Sir
That Bootman was Privy to and Active in the subduing the Pyrates, and Combes and Payne seemed to him to be forced men.
From Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents by Jameson, J. Franklin (John Franklin)
