Example Sentences

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When he broke up with her two months later, she stared at him uncomprehendingly, as if such a thing had never happened before.

From Washington Post • Oct. 29, 2022

His hope: to delay just long enough so these immigrants won’t have to sit by, uncomprehendingly, as their futures are decided.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 16, 2020

In each of these cases, it’s Robinson who turns the screw, his hangdog face staring aggressively and uncomprehendingly as he tries to make sense of some new social faux pas.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 30, 2019

The one generally, and often uncomprehendingly, envies the other, wants what the other has, wants to materially or aesthetically gain from the other.

From Slate • Jan. 8, 2015

For a moment, he’d stared at her uncomprehendingly.

From "The Devil's Arithmetic" by Jane Yolen