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Example sentences for "not knowing"

  • Thus I was confounded, not knowing what to do, or how to be satisfied in this question, Whether the scriptures could agree in the salvation of my soul?

  • At this time, too, he ventured to break Viviette's commands, and address a letter to her, not knowing of the strange results that had followed his absence from home.

  • My brother, not knowing in the least that I had an iota of interest in you, told me that he witnessed the signs of an attachment between you and Tabitha Lark in church, this morning.

  • Not knowing what to make of this, Louis said-- 'Well, I am simply upholding you in your course.

  • She was not moved by it, not knowing what it was.

  • It is easy to be discovered by any ship that will keep well in with the land, especially by such as range down coast from Acapulco, and will attend to the following particulars.

  • In a little valley he saw the heather burning and the fire spreading fast towards the anthill, and all the ants were hurrying to and fro, not knowing whither to go.

  • Almost blindly he struck, not knowing whether he had killed or only wounded the rider.

  • And my be 'tis boiling and eating my own grandchild I'll be, with a bit of salt butter, and I not knowing it!

  • Not knowing what to do, the chamberlain hurried back with his tale to the king, who immediately sent for the Wise Man, and then for his daughter.

  • He hesitated, not knowing what to do, not knowing what to suppose.

  • She looked at him with obvious hesitation, not knowing what to do, on the point of speaking and yet full of uneasiness and doubt.

  • No one surely would have the heart to do it; yet ignorantly, not knowing him, one might.

  • He kissed the boy, not knowing that it was for the last time.

  • I came up the path yonder, not knowing that it would lead me so close to a gentleman's house.

  • It comes generally of not knowing how to ride 'em," said the groom.

  • It may be that I picked up the cheque from the floor of my room, and afterwards took it out and used it, not knowing whence it had come to me.

  • In speaking these last words he stood with the door in his hand, and Mr Thumble, not knowing how to increase or even to maintain his firmness, thought it best to pass out, and mount his pony and ride away.

  • Not knowing if he would ever call for it!

  • Not knowing if Kitty were below--that was the worst part of the job.

  • Hadn't he left her with a gay wave of the hand, not knowing, for want of strength, if he could make the detour of the block?

  • My lady and Mr. Godfrey (not knowing what Mr. Franklin and I knew) both started, and both looked surprised.

  • I had stood there listening to them, all in a tremble; not knowing whom to suspect, or what to think next.

  • Not knowing what to do next, Gooseberry had the wisdom to wait and see if anything happened.

  • The coachman, not knowing what to do, looked towards my lady, still standing immovable on the top step.

  • Not knowing what to do, she had hastily swept away the pieces of crystal, and then remembered that in the King's room she had seen a flask of exactly the same shape, also filled with sparkling water.

  • He journeyed from day to day, not knowing where he was going, until at last, just at nightfall, he reached a great, gloomy forest.

  • Not knowing what to do with myself, I would gamble, and I almost invariably won; but, in spite of that, weariness had got hold of me and I was getting thinner every day.

  • Yes," replied Cynthia, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

  • Good evening," said that gentleman, genially, not knowing in the least who Bob was, but prepossessed in his favor by the way he came forward and shook his hand and looked him clearly in the eye.

  • He hesitated, a little perplexed, not knowing whether he should hide his adventures or boast of them.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "not knowing" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    deep wound; large doses; not able; not being; not difficult; not far; not feel; not find; not going; not necessarily; not pretend; not surprising; not what; not without; not worthy; not your; nota bene; nothing against; nothing better; nothing but; nothing came; nothing except; nothing like; nothing shall; nothing would; notice the