How to Use beyond comprehension in a Sentence
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Causes for Despair The human suffering that the people of Gaza have endured in the past three weeks is beyond comprehension.
— The New York Review of Books, 29 Oct. 2023 -
From there, the effort both teams gave to keep the ball off the floor was beyond comprehension.
— Jacob Myers, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Dec. 2021 -
The Eighth stands out for its utter excess of love, the force beyond comprehension.
— Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2020 -
But both men showed courage beyond comprehension that day, saving lives and perhaps even souls.
— NBC News, 11 Sep. 2021 -
Eyes stretched wide, jaws in freefall, hands glued to skulls as if all had starred into the eyes of Medusa at the exact nanosecond something beyond comprehension occurred.
— Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2023 -
The lack of impulse control to photoshop your picture as a coxswain for crew is beyond comprehension.
— New York Times, 27 Apr. 2021 -
The subway’s crowded again and the service changes beyond comprehension.
— Matthew Pillsbur, The New Yorker, 26 July 2021 -
And the impact of raising global living standards to that of advanced economies is beyond comprehension.
— Star Tribune, 5 Apr. 2021 -
Why this happens in a place that is sacred to modern Native American tribes is beyond comprehension.
— Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 28 June 2022 -
The gravity of a neutron star is nearly beyond comprehension.
— Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 1 Dec. 2011 -
For most people, the thought of encountering a serial killer is beyond comprehension.
— Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 28 Oct. 2022 -
In the four decades since Kruger emerged as one of this country’s most uncompromising conceptual artists, the media landscape has changed almost beyond comprehension.
— Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2021 -
Grotberg continues to marvel, along with countless other basketball fans, at how Curry has transformed the game by stretching the court beyond comprehension.
— New York Times, 14 Dec. 2021 -
The true billionaires, rich beyond comprehension, hardly need to flaunt their affluence; Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, for example, seem more devoted to amassing power than to amassing stuff.
— Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023 -
Of course, by definition, tragedy refuses logic, living in a space beyond comprehension, beyond fairness, beyond reason.
— Hazlitt, 28 June 2022 -
Landmarks were distorted, directions were tangled, and satellite photos were warped beyond comprehension.
— PCMAG, 4 May 2022
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