fathoming
Example Sentences
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Climate change is what philosopher Timothy Morton calls a hyperobject: something that so massively occupies space and time that our puny primate brains have trouble fathoming them.
From Salon • Dec. 31, 2025
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
At a prayer vigil with parents days later, Obama, a father of two daughters, spoke of how futile words were at fathoming grief and loss.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2017
We very often get an idea of a community by fathoming its leading men.
From The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West by Riley, H. H.
