Sentence examples for were known in from inspiring English sources

Both men were known in the footballer's circle.

The plans were known in Washington before the coup began.

Similar mills were known in China by the 13th century.

(The former communist states were known, in the political jargon, as the A8).

We started doing events – or "happenings" as they were known in America.

"Crick and the American", as they were known in Cambridge, were hardly helped by their bosses.

Sometimes, retired sararimen were known, in their desperation, to take up painting.

The files that Brennan was concerned with were known in the agency as the Panetta review.

(She was then deep into her black period, and her devotees were known in Tokyo as "the crows").

Harmonic pitches produced by the division of strings were known in China.

Option contracts were known in ancient history but the 1970s saw an explosion in their use.