fathom
Example Sentences
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“This was a special year, it’s hard to fathom that it’s over.”
From Los Angeles Times
She couldn’t fathom why Utah hadn’t put up more of a fight to keep Sundance in town as it seemed to her that it had been a fiscal boon.
From Los Angeles Times
I want to know why he's so interested in death, and he looks almost as if he can't fathom the question.
From BBC
“When you lose that much, it’s sometimes hard to fathom.”
From Los Angeles Times
The thing she’d wanted, the thing she dreamed of, belonged to her and was better than anything she could have fathomed.
From Literature
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.