Example Sentences

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"I don't think 13-year-old me could have comprehended what I'm feeling now."

From BBC • Nov. 9, 2023

Considering the photographic and video record of that day's events — including your work — what do you "see" in those images now that you may have not have comprehended at the time?

From Salon • Jun. 21, 2022

"It probably should have been handled long ago," he said, "but nobody could ever have comprehended 19 men losing their lives in a fire like this."

From Reuters • Aug. 8, 2013

He reiterated that McQueary was unclear with him about the nature of what he saw — and added that even if McQueary had been more graphic, he is not sure he would have comprehended it.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 15, 2012

It is true, he was busied with books: but this occupation could not have strained his mind, for he appears neither to have comprehended, nor retained any of the objects of his pursuit.

From Observations on Madness and Melancholy Including Practical Remarks on those Diseases together with Cases and an Account of the Morbid Appearances on Dissection by Haslam, John