fathoming

Example Sentences

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I truly have a hard time fathoming that.

From Salon • Oct. 16, 2022

They are like the proverbial worker who knows how to use a hammer and thus sees everything as a nail—not fathoming the existence of other tools.

From Scientific American • Jun. 8, 2020

He was also being “completely honest,” baring a bewildered and troubled soul, not fathoming why he is so uninspired to play a sport he intends, or hopes, to continue on with.

From New York Times • Jul. 4, 2017

Cheng brought mystery to the “Desert” Chorus and an unforgiving light to the “Day” Chorus, conveying the lure of the land, without a sense of which there is no fathoming the Middle East.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2017

Again, as in earlier days, we see the spiritual spell, and with the force, the form and understanding, fathoming stretch and reach and power and grasp of genius.

From Oliver Goldsmith by Buckland, E. S. Lang