fathoming
Example Sentences
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While James is a good-looking, good-natured young man, he's rather lost when it comes to fathoming the way Pünd can unravel mysteries.
From Salon • Oct. 31, 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
“I just have a hard time fathoming why a deputy sheriff, or any police officer, would engage in that kind of conduct,” said J.P.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2019
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
Long points of light pierced the gloom below the opposite shore, like golden plummets that were slowly fathoming its opaque tide.
From An Ambitious Woman A Novel by Fawcett, Edgar
