know
verb (used with object)
to perceive or understand as fact or truth; to apprehend clearly and with certainty.
was knowing
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past progressiveof know.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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"What drove us was knowing, categorically, that the current sentencing guidelines are wrong."
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
The biggest challenge when she got started using Claude for multistep tasks was knowing the right questions to ask and how to best guide it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
It was knowing that the answer that comes from my own intuition is the actual movie that I should be making, and everything else that I was doing before that is not the movie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2024
“I think the hardest part was knowing that my family, if they were alive, they were suffering too.”
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 19, 2023
The most disturbing thing was knowing it was meant to be me.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
