Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

“If you come here illegally, we will apprehend you and we will send you back across the border from which you came,” Mr. Christie said.

From Washington Times • Sep. 27, 2023

The Administration estimates that the Administration will apprehend as many as 90,000 unaccompanied minors at the border by the end of September.

From Time • Jul. 18, 2014

Certainly the removing it were the stopping the way of simony, except we will apprehend that whole presbyteries will be bribed for patronage.

From Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies by Howie, John

If you will allow me to make the remarks to which I just now alluded, possibly, by the time I have finished, you will apprehend some of my reasons.

From Miss Arnott's Marriage by Marsh, Richard

It is most conspicuous in the parable, which careless listeners may take for a mere story, and which those who feel and see more deeply will apprehend in its depth.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Mark by Maclaren, Alexander