Who-knows definition

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.

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

  • Possibly the reason there are so few is that it is round chine and so more difficult to build - who knows!

  • I was told its steering idler fell off but whether that is true or not who knows.

  • She claimed Shipton was nuts to have her back, when in reality, who knows how he felt?

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