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Example sentences for "ken"

Lexicographically close words:
kelpie; kelt; kem; kemperye; kems; kena; kend; kene; kenn; kenna
  1. Ye can hae yer pie frae the kitchen withoot them yellin' doon a pipe for't and lettin' a' the ither customers ken whit ye want.

  2. A woman's aye the best hand at it, as I ken by my aunty Chirsty.

  3. Yuh know Ken has giv ordahs to kill everything with thu lumpy jaw, an' yuh mug is shore a heap outer place.

  4. It's goin' to be mahnst'ous hard to make Ken see it thu right way an' he'll be some rambunctuous about it.

  5. And I reckon you really don't know what happened after Ken was shot.

  6. Why didn't Ken finish ther job in thu fust place and be done with it!

  7. Standing there in his shirt sleeves, Ken Douglass was, for the first time in his reckless life, at a disadvantage too great for even his conceded adroitness to overcome.

  8. Didn't he crawfish like a cowardly coyote when Ken called his bluff in thu Alcazar, an' then came sneakin' around yeah in thu night an' buhn yuh haystacks?

  9. Thu han'le is good to cut his teeths on, Ken says, an' he kin eat it cleah off if he wants.

  10. When he had gone, Ken sat for a long time in silent meditation.

  11. If it be true that a man's vanity is the real unit of the measure of his possibilities, then Ken Douglass, scaled by the miles of his self-containment, might logically have aspired beyond the stars.

  12. What ken ye of the joys there be Of Life and of Love and of Liberty!

  13. There's never a man in Cumberland Should ken where Carlisle castle stood.

  14. Mony a ane for him makes maen, But nane shall ken whaur he is gane; Over his banes when they are bare, The wind shall blaw for evermair.

  15. And they twa met, and they twa plat, And fain they wad be near; And a' the warld might ken right weel They were twa lovers dear.

  16. O bury me by the bracken bush, Beneath the blumin' brier; Let never living mortal ken That a kindly Scot lies here!

  17. There's never a man in Cumberland, Should ken where Carlisle castle stood.

  18. Mony a one for him makes mane, But nane sail ken where he is gane: O'er his white banes, when they are bare, The wind sail blaw for evermair.

  19. Here comes the day that I must die," He tied a ribbon on every branch, Put up a flag his men might see; But little did his false foes ken He meant them any injury.

  20. I ken Cameron," my father repeated, "and I'll gang with you to skin him alive.

  21. She admired the beauty of the instrument Ken and his friends had built.

  22. It would probably be snowing by nightfall, Ken thought.

  23. As he elaborated on the theme, Ken thought that this was his mother's belief which she had expressed when the fence was first mentioned.

  24. As they finished their work the boys went with Ken to the laboratory.

  25. When breakfast was served the next morning, Ken found out his hunch had been right.

  26. By noon Ken had gained an interview with President Lewis and had received permission for his group to make use of the largest blower on the campus for their air-sampling project.

  27. In Mayfield, Ken Maddox walked slowly along Main Street, avoiding collisions with other people whose eyes were fixed on the object in the sky.

  28. That's what it's going to be," Ken answered.

  29. It was a strategy that would work, unless everything Mayfield possessed were thrown against it, Ken thought.

  30. You can't tell by the plumbing," Ken laughed.

  31. Although the gunfire was not heavy, Ken could see Johnson's men were taking a heavy toll of the invader.

  32. On the morning after the town meeting, Ken dressed early and rode his bicycle toward Art's garage to arrange with the mechanic the details of the gathering and storage of automobile batteries.

  33. The car had begun to sputter painfully as it took the curve leading off the avenue to Linwood Street where Ken lived.

  34. There are more stations than I expected," Ken said.

  35. As much as he rebelled against it, Ken was forced to spend the next two days in bed.

  36. The Mayor sounded angry now, although he knew Ken well.


  37. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ken" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    absorb; acquaintance; appreciate; apprehend; assimilate; behold; catch; command; comprehend; conceive; conceptualize; data; datum; descry; dig; digest; discern; discernment; discover; distinguish; domination; espy; experience; expertise; eye; eyesight; facts; familiarity; fathom; follow; get; glimpse; grasp; have; horizon; information; intelligence; intimacy; ken; know; learn; master; notice; observe; outlook; perceive; perception; perspective; perspicacity; perspicuity; possess; prospect; purview; range; reach; read; realize; recognize; savvy; scan; scope; see; seize; sense; sight; spot; spy; survey; sweep; take; technics; technique; understand; view; vista; witness