KEN in a Sentence

Learn KEN from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

Example sentences for KEN, such as:

1. Such things are beyond my ken.
2. I really do not know the reason. It is beyond my ken.
3. He's been to the other kens of course, and finding them filled with strangers come on here, where he's been many a time and often.

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 Meanings and Examples of KEN
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ken
 n.  understanding; knowledge; range of vision
Classic Sentence:
1  Mrs. Hatch swam in a haze of indeterminate enthusiasms, of aspirations culled from the stage, the newspapers, the fashion journals, and a gaudy world of sport still more completely beyond her companion's ken.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 9
2  He's been to the other kens of course, and finding them filled with strangers come on here, where he's been many a time and often.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER L
Example Sentence:
1  I really do not know the reason. It is beyond my ken.
2  Such things are beyond my ken.