was understanding
- past progressive of understand.
Example Sentences
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Tilson Thomas said that the key to understanding him was understanding his extraordinary ancestry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026
Throughout March, the story for consumers and investors was understanding the implications of the war with Iran.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 9, 2026
Next was understanding how to use the heavy thing: how to grasp it, how to cut with it, how to use it as a bench scraper.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 23, 2025
She was understanding and said she'd brought a raincoat.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2025
“That’s what I thought too,” Josiah would say, “but it seemed like such a stupid idea I wasn’t sure if I was understanding it right.”
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
