COGNIZANCE in a Sentence

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Example sentences for COGNIZANCE, such as:

1. They seemed cognizant of his meaning.
2. During the election campaign, the two candidates were kept in full cognizance of the international situation.

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 Meanings and Examples of COGNIZANCE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
cognizance
 n.  knowledge or recognition; awareness; range of what one can know or understand
Classic Sentence:
1  On his right arm was a silver plate, which, instead of bearing, as usual, the cognizance or badge of the baron to whose family he belonged, had barely the word SHERWOOD engraved upon it.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIII
2  The day came when his pale blue eyes, perfectly cognizant of his surroundings, fell upon Carreen sitting beside him, telling her rosary beads, the morning sun shining through her fair hair.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
3  They seemed cognizant of his meaning.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 11
Example Sentence:
1  During the election campaign, the two candidates were kept in full cognizance of the international situation.