Without knowing it, she began to act the part of a great lady--and she acted it well.
She turned up the lowered gas and, without knowing why, faced her mirror at once, studying her reflection and watching her hand as it all but scoured the offended cheek.
Without knowing it, Annixter had touched the right spring.
Without knowing it, he allowed himself to work his ranch much as if he was still working his mine.
Then, without knowing why, hardly conscious of what was transpiring, he found that his glance was leaving the headstone, was turning from the grave.
Without knowing why, he looked toward the shepherd; then halted and looked a second time and a third.
I let down the trap-door, covered it again with earth, and returned to the city with a burden of wood, which I bound up without knowing what I did, so great was my trouble and sorrow.
He got up, and after having passed before the door several times, opened it, without knowing why, and immediately perceived at a distance a light, which seemed to come towards him.
We shall be still more to blame, if any mischief befall us; for it is not likely that they would have extorted such a promise from us, without knowing themselves to be in a condition to punish us for its violation.
The ladies put on their veils, and went with the vizier As he passed his own house, he took along with him the three calenders, who in the interval had learnt that they had seen and spoken with the caliph, without knowing him.
He, somehow or other, without knowing it, was able to do what none of the rest of them, though knowing it all too perfectly well, could begin to do.
Puritanism, believing itself quick with the seed of religious liberty, laid, without knowing it, the egg of democracy.
She had smiled, without knowing what strong-spirited meant, but that night she asked her husband.
Stories similar to Capitan Tinong's were not unknown to Capitan Tiago, so he bubbled over with gratitude, without knowing exactly to whom he owed such signal favors.
He drifted away from Miriam imperceptibly, without knowing he was going.
But precisely he, on whom she had reckoned, without knowing why, with instinctive hopes, insulted her at one and the same time in her double pride of queen and woman: thus she remained shut up till evening.
Vaninka, whose determined character had been accentuated by her education, had an unbounded influence over all who came in contact with her; even the general, without knowing why, obeyed her.
She was a handsome girl of the milkmaid type, who wore a bonnet with pretty ribbons, thought of herself as a young lady, and had many admirers, whence she had grown a little bold, without knowing it.
About three o'clock in the morning, the laird woke suddenly, without knowing why.
Without knowing why, involuntarily he associated them with what he had been last about, and for a moment felt like a murderer.
Florence, without knowing why, felt almost afraid to hear her proceed, but kept her eyes riveted on the beautiful face so fixed upon her own.
I liked Rome, I was on the high road to fortune, and suddenly I found myself in the abyss, without knowing where to go, and with all my hopes scattered to the winds.
I am sure that, without knowing aught of either, we must have reverenced more of the two the one who showed respect to us.
Thinking of which, I used to double my great fist, without knowing it, and keep it in my pocket ready.
Venture was a good composer, though he had not said so; without knowinganything of the art, I boasted of my skill to every one.
I stared without answering, without knowing what to think of all this; rising ambition almost turned my head; I was already prepared to act the intendant myself.
She had ceased to understand, and her hour had passed--the time when, without knowing it, she had accepted and fulfilled a maternal mission towards her father.
After this poor Clerambault had to submit to a string of questions from his wife who, without knowing what he had done, lamented his imprudence and asked with tears: "Why, why he had not kept silent?
Is not this much to be feared, after the revolutions we have seen, where those who came to bring justice found themselves, without knowing why, with soiled hands and hearts?
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "without knowing" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
