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Perhaps, instead, they had reached a desperation we can't quite fathom.

The celebrity of Li is hard to fathom in terms that American fans—tennis savvy or not—can fully comprehend.

As a powerful woman she presents problems for men trying to fathom her.

Now, my daughter is older and I can barely fathom that she is a teenager.

Now another monologue, also spoken by a woman who has experienced more than most can fathom, has left me entranced and devastated.

There were to be many things yet which Felipe could not fathom in this lovely, sorrowing, sunny sister of his.

This is some passing whim of your wife, due to some cause or causes which you and I needn't try to fathom.

There is no protection there for the ships against submarines except Enos harbour and Enos is only one fathom deep.

From the portress Cibot to the Marquise d'Espard, not one of his women has an evil thought that he does not fathom.

Maud Barrington's eyes were grateful, but there was something that Winston could not fathom behind her smile.

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On this page you'll find 63 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to fathom, such as: appreciate, comprehend, divine, figure out, grasp, and penetrate.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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