beyond comprehension

idiom

: impossible to imagine
The war caused suffering beyond comprehension.

Examples of beyond comprehension in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web If the idea is to express something otherworldly or beyond comprehension—say, a ghost—what better style to use than Gothic? Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 24 Oct. 2024 As is written here with some frequency, the mere notion of measuring the street one lives on is beyond comprehension. John Tamny, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024 What was going on off the stage was just beyond comprehension — stretchers and dead bodies and people throwing up and people having bad trips. Gary Graff, Billboard, 15 Aug. 2024 The camera moves like the audience is taking its own beating, and the frame holds on bodies being pulverized and sliced up in favor of chopping and screwing the fight sequence beyond comprehension in postproduction. Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for beyond comprehension 

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“Beyond comprehension.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beyond%20comprehension. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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