How to Use known in a Sentence

known

adjective
  • His cause of death was not made known.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2025
  • No known date has been set for the visit.
    — CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Brooke Shields is a known fan of the brand, too.
    — Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Chimpanzees are well known to be fruit lovers.
    — Kate Wong, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2025
  • As of now, there is no known treatment or cure.
    — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 25 May 2026
  • The theater and dates will be made known in good time.
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 22 Feb. 2026
  • That's why it is best known for its role in sunscreens and lip balms.
    — Lisa Desantis, Health.com, 15 Oct. 2021
  • Aidala has also become known for his hats.
    — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The litany of the sins of these terrible regimes is well known.
    — Danielle Pletka, National Review, 12 Feb. 2022
  • The very fabric of our known universe?
    — Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 16 June 2026
  • The high costs of lawyers’ fees are well known to the president.
    — The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Its presence in the state’s snowpacks has been less well known.
    — Nora Mishanec, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Mar. 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
  • Muscle strength, of course, is well known to decrease with age.
    — Erin Allday, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Some parts of this tale are thornier, and lesser known, than others.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Butz is most known for his work on stage and has won two Tony Awards.
    — Matthew Acosta, Peoplemag, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Lopez is a known lover of high heels, and this press tour has been no different.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Sandy, desert-type land is well known to be suitable for solar and wind farms.
    — Sanggay Tashi, The Conversation, 11 June 2026
  • Catherine Marks is more known for her work in the indie space.
    — Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 7 Aug. 2025
  • These are just a couple of the cases that have been made known to the public.
    — Susan Thomas, Time, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Rome rules the known world yet is collapsing from within.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 16 June 2026
  • Some are well known to many, others only within their fields.
    — Sam Jacobs, Time, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Some are well known to many, others only within their fields.
    — Michael Nowels, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The company is most known today for space tourism.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Isabel is such a genius, but was little known.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 26 May 2026
  • Brown has become known for her ever-changing locks.
    — Meg Walters, InStyle, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Their friendship is well known to both dogs’ families.
    — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2026
  • There is no known opposition on file.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 18 June 2026
  • There are no known right-handed neutrinos.
    — Paul Sutter, Space.com, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Earth is the only known world teeming with life, wrapped in oceans, mountains, forests, and clouds.
    — Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 20 Aug. 2025

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