Who-knows meaning

A rhetorical question asked to express the idea that anything is possible or that anything could happen.

Who knows? Maybe someday he'll finish writing his book and make lots of money selling it.

Since she hasn't studied at all I don't think she'll pass the test, but who knows? She might pull a Homer and actually pass; I doubt it though.

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A rhetorical question asked to show that the person asking it neither knows the answer nor knows who might.

It could be one or the other, or both. Who knows?

Do you think I'll get married before I turn 30? - Who knows, you might never marry.

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Who-knows Sentence Examples

  • You want someone who knows what he wants in a woman, knows how to please her and who appreciates your body.

  • At the base of this account lies the Babylonian myth' of the birth of the sun-god Marduk, his escape from the dragon who knows him to be his destined destroyer, and the persecution of Marduk's mother by the dragon.

  • But who knows if a shrub or flower is more or less pure, based on the distance from the sky?

  • Now, unless you're looking at smokes in a store, who knows what the packages look like?

  • Plus, you got a comb and brush and a notebook full of who knows what.

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