How to Use privy to in a Sentence

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• The entire restaurant, packed with customers, was privy to the tirade, but to some Carew’s rage seemed to just be part of the scenery.
  — Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
• Their characters seem to be privy to great secrets about the world.
  — Chris Wallace, Travel + Leisure, 16 Oct. 2024
• Because now a party privy to the Nets’ machinations set the bar at Jaylen Brown . . .
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 25 July 2022
• That certainly makes sense, again, not being privy to any of that.
  — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 1 Sep. 2023
• To be privy to the workings of Lila’s brain is something Lenù has always wanted.
  — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2024
• As always, CEOs tend to be privy to a different lifestyle.
  — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2024
• Beckham and McGhee have been sleeping on the same bed and getting into some naughty business under the sheets, which Page was privy to in the video sent.
  — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 5 July 2024
• Parts of North America were also privy to the light display on Sunday night.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 28 Feb. 2023
• It’s been said that, privy to his aesthetic, the jacket helps keep him looking slimmer.
  — Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
• And to listen to them is to be privy to some of the most easily ignored palaver the global economic elite has to offer.
  — Noah Rothman, National Review, 18 Jan. 2024
• Humans are privy to all kinds of space wonders these days, thanks to Mars rovers, Jupiter orbiters, and giant space-dwelling telescopes.
  — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2024
• The reader is privy to photographs and other ephemera left behind.
  — Erika L. Sanchez, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2023
• There will be a very short list of who is privy to the confidential information.
  — Bryan West, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2024
• That opinion was not widely shared by those privy to discussions.
  — Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2023
• The culture creates the consciousness that the reader is privy to throughout Crummey’s 300-plus pages.
  — Hazlitt, 27 Sep. 2023
• Twitter users were privy to some internet fireworks between the two men.
  — Gabriel Hays, Fox News, 11 Jan. 2023
• This was done without authorization, and in breach of the IT code employees are privy to, Valeo said.
  — Chloe Taylor, Fortune, 24 Nov. 2023
• In the outside world, where Black women are not privy to a group of producers wrangling up a roster of hot 20-somethings to date, the pickings are slim.
  — Taylor Crumpton, TIME, 19 July 2024
• Like a wizard behind the curtain, only the project manager is privy to knowing all the moving parts.
  — Yaniv Shor, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
• So Thurmond wasn't privy to a lot of the drama taking place on the course ahead of him as the Sun Devils inched closer to a berth in the national championship match.
  — Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 31 May 2022
• During the review process, those of us on staff are usually privy to the behind-the-scenes commentary—or just the oohs, ahhs, and cries of dismay—from our colleagues in the Labs.
  — PCMAG, 29 Nov. 2022
• Steps away, guests are privy to a serene slice of Negril’s seven-mile beach that is less crowded – but equally picturesque – than what lies before the rest of the resort.
  — Hannah Selinger, Travel + Leisure, 16 Oct. 2023
• Osborne assured Myles that none of the families are privy to what is in the police investigative file.
  — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 24 May 2023
• Osborne assured Myles that none of the families are privy to what is in the police investigative file.
  — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 24 May 2023
• Instant has been privy to the winds of change, and has realized that their multi-function wonder cookers have to have the ability to air fry to keep up with the times.
  — Tiffany Hopkins, Bon Appétit, 27 Nov. 2023
• We are made privy to the high and low points of two marriages, his relationships with his peers and colleagues, and his deep affection for his children.
  — Karen Wilkin, WSJ, 21 Oct. 2022
• Those privy to the conversations behind the scenes say Henry is determined to return to Haiti.
  — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2024
• As the eldest son, Will was often privy to his father’s violent outbursts.
  — Emily Weaver, Peoplemag, 19 Oct. 2023
• But only a handful of guild administrators will be privy to the true numbers.
  — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2023
• The tour guides are privy to the cultures and traditions of Cusco and Peru as a whole, and are eager to get travelers involved with the history.
  — Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Dec 2024