How to Use comprehend in a Sentence

comprehend

verb

• But, daughter Alex assures, her dad has gotten involved with her full knowledge and consent — though even her own friends didn’t comprehend that at first.
  — Susan Young, People.com, 3 Nov. 2024
• The futile attempts to comprehend this heinous act, and the hours of hugs and tears, soon gave way to anger.
  — Ted Deutch, Variety, 18 Oct. 2023
• Way too many times to count, way too many words to comprehend.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 9 Aug. 2020
• Death is a scary aspect of life that is hard to comprehend.
  — Kelsey Hurwitz, Woman's Day, 1 June 2022
• But the scandal was not front-page news, nor did most of the public comprehend the scope of the issue.
  — Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024
• Rivera said the rule shouldn’t be hard for players to comprehend.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 25 Sep. 2021
• Most of all, trees seem to grow on a timescale humans can comprehend.
  — Timothy Farrington, WSJ, 2 Dec. 2022
• For them, the earthquake was just the latest tragedy — one that many are still too shocked to comprehend.
  — Mehmet Guzel, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Feb. 2023
• However, even then, the countries of the world didn’t truly comprehend the scope of the threat.
  — Kirti Shanker, National Review, 26 Oct. 2020
• But the magnitude of the attacks can still be a lot for younger minds to comprehend in a few lessons.
  — Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 12 Sep. 2021
• The devastation of the fire that ripped through West Maui on Aug. 8 is hard to comprehend.
  — Hadley Meares, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Nov. 2023
• The numbers coming out of Gaza can be hard to comprehend.
  — Cate Brown, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2024
• These days David is growing up fast — faster than the singer can quite comprehend.
  — Sophie Dodd, Peoplemag, 9 Dec. 2022
• These are the five steps people need to hear and comprehend for an idea to make sense and take action on your idea.
  — Dr. Ruth Gotian, Forbes, 15 June 2021
• The shooting seemed doubly hard to comprehend for many in Ukraine.
  — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 25 May 2022
• The battle shows that some managers can’t comprehend that the world has changed along with the mindset of workers.
  — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2021
• Most people just could not comprehend my point of view.
  — Jodi Cilley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2023
• Okposo, now 36, at the time couldn’t comprehend the emotions that went through winning the Stanley Cup.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 27 June 2024
• There is no way to fully comprehend the toll of the past two years without looking closer at some of the losses.
  — Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY, 17 May 2022
• With all these new tools, humans could perceive much more than the eye could behold, more than the mind could comprehend.
  — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 20 Sep. 2024
• Biden said people on the East Coast struggle to comprehend the scale of the destruction, which rivals the size of New Jersey.
  — Chris Megerian, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2021
• The need for capital investment is at a scale that is hard to comprehend.
  — Heather Landy, Quartz, 5 Aug. 2022
• One of those three fan bases couldn’t comprehend how that was possible.
  — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Mar. 2022
• Before the 19-year-old could comprehend what had happened, an auger had severed his right arm.
  — Emily Corwin, ProPublica, 23 Aug. 2022
• For her part, Jean-Baptiste still can't comprehend how Waiden was able to display such strength and bravery.
  — Steve Helling, PEOPLE.com, 28 Jan. 2022
• What are folks struggling to comprehend the baffling world of cryptocurrencies to make of the rise of Shiba Inu?
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2021
• That’s why so many people can’t comprehend why there is now a delay of the lottery bill, but the delay balances on class.
  — Amanda Walker, al, 27 Feb. 2021
• Could this also be a clue to comprehend the series of occurrences?
  — Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
• The world is yet to comprehend what happened, and Steve Rogers is no longer Captain America.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 13 Mar. 2021
• This limits the ability of researchers like us to comprehend the extent of ultrafine particle exposure and its impact on public health.
  — Discover Magazine, 1 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Dec 2024