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Example sentences for "knew enough"

  • I knew enough of the meaning of his words to catch the allusion, and dashing the glass with all my force against the wall, I smashed it into a hundred pieces.

  • Even in the first instant he knew enough not to hope.

  • For all he had spent his days in the great solitudes of nature he knew enough of life to know that women do not give their love to angels.

  • He knew enough of human nature to realize that love often lives when respect is dead, and no possible good could come of showing up the unworthiness that he beheld in Harold.

  • At the time I conceived my financial scheme I knew enough of human motive to be aware of this.

  • At all events, I knew enough to realize that my would-be fiancée was playing execrably.

  • I kept quiet; I knew enough--too much to risk losing.

  • I knew enough to craze me should I learn no more.

  • Whether Henry Adams knew it or not, he knew enough to act as though he did.

  • Henry Adams was not a very intelligent boy, and he had no knowledge of the world, but he knew enough to understand that a cub needed shape.

  • Boy as he was, he knew enough to know that something was wrong, but his only interest was the election.

  • He knew enough of the activities of the Austrian secret service to be sure that in spite of his entrée at the Castle, his presence at Konopisht at this time might be marked.

  • But he knew enough of her quality to be sure that she would carry out her plan at whatever the cost to her own feelings.

  • I knew enough of English habits to be certain that the slaughter of the captain of the vessel would be revenged, though I did not know by what means this would be accomplished.

  • It seemed to be understood that I should be my uncle's heir; and I knew enough of the ways of the world, to be aware that this fact, had probably more to do with the attention paid me, than any special qualities in myself.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    ancient tradition; asking questions; book illustration; constant tendency; could still; descent from; external appearance; knew enough; knew her; knew him; knew more; knew must; knew that; knew their; knew them; knew well; knew what; knew would; knew you; known voice; mental state; minute before; proper consistence; repel force; said solemnly; word only