How to Use know better in a Sentence

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  • Old enough to know better, but still young enough to do it anyway.
    — Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 17 July 2023
  • The greater fear by those who know better is how far will this slippery slope go?
    — Annika Erikson, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2023
  • In a post on Twitter, Crow asserts that the singer is out of step with the public mood and should know better.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 19 July 2023
  • Happy Birthday to a woman who's old enough to know better and young enough to not care.
    — Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 17 Jan. 2023
  • That’s the mark of a good team, but the great ones know better than to mistake a sideshow for a classic rivalry against an old foe.
    — Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 9 Oct. 2022
  • He’s just surrounded by weak people — folks who should know better but who don’t have the courage to stand up to him.
    — Kyle Whitmire | Kwhitmire@al.com, al, 5 Aug. 2023
  • In a lot of ways, Angie does know better than Tessa, which is a tough pill for Tessa to swallow.
    — Michael Schaub, Orange County Register, 3 May 2024
  • Few know better than Smith how much this does to elevate a chef’s profile.
    — Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al, 13 Aug. 2023
  • That said, Simon may know better this time than to pass up on Keiichi's talent.
    — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 21 Jan. 2023
  • These Mets probably deserved better, but at the end of the day, these Mets also had to know better.
    — Matthew Roberson, Hartford Courant, 10 Oct. 2022
  • It’s often overlooked by those who don’t know better — and cherished by those who do.
    — Rebecca Rose, Travel + Leisure, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Lots of people in positions to do something know better but refuse to stand up.
    — Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2022
  • Employees know better than the CEO how to structure their work and drive results.
    — Anni Hallila, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Despite being mocked by pundits who should know better, Haley is right — the race is down to two.
    — Christian Schneider, National Review, 18 Jan. 2024
  • In the end, in the very end, this ugly story is about one thing: simple hate, and how a Black man, of all people, should know better than to traffic it.
    — Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Spoelstra said those who attempt to draw out Adebayo should know better.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 14 Nov. 2022
  • But the Americans know better than to take anything for granted.
    — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 21 July 2023
  • Biden wants to brag about the economy but families know better.
    — Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Ryan Reynolds, an experienced poster and Wife Guy, should know better.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Even those in higher ed know better than to assume the glitz of a four-year or masters degree will sway employers for long.
    — Jane Thier, Fortune, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Los Angeles fans know better than to bet against Hetty.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Marines know better than most the full weight of accountability.
    — Maureen MacKey, Fox News, 11 Nov. 2023
  • With an experienced team like this, UCLA should know better.
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Someone in your larger social network might be worth getting to know better at this time.
    — Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2022
  • The Cowboys know better than to overlook Jacksonville with Trevor Lawrence at quarterback.
    — Dallas News, 16 Dec. 2022
  • For anyone who didn’t know better, this writeup would be quite the press release—very succinct and optimistic.
    — Joe Toscano, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Their leaders know better but have their marching orders.
    — Andy Kessler, WSJ, 30 Oct. 2022
  • Willem is an up-and-coming actor struggling to get meaty roles, and Jude is a hot-shot lawyer with a mysterious past that his friends know better than to ask questions about.
    — Manori Ravindran, Variety, 25 Nov. 2022
  • Like Robinson Crusoe, even locals who should know better view this other island as a blank slate for exile or utopia.
    — Carina Del Valle Schorske, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Even if human life is just a result of a big bang, ascendance from a primordial swamp, and billions of years of evolution, doesn’t nature know better?
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 20 June 2024

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