Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

That helps you to distinguish real knavishness from childish faults.

From Father Payne by Benson, Arthur Christopher

It must be acknowledged that Louisa herself is a trifle mad: no amount of mere knavishness would have enabled her to maintain so long a wager.

From La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages by Michelet, Jules

The genial knavishness of her father had never appeared as such to her.

From The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt by Miller, Elizabeth

He did so, and within the week he had given the probate judge the outline of as pretty a story of cheap knavishness as the judge had come across for years.

From Clark's Field by Herrick, Robert

You could not conceive their knavishness and dishonesty, except you happened to be an agent for a few years.

From The Poor Scholar Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by Carleton, William