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

But fathoming other universes is the essence of Theo’s job.

From Washington Post • Sep. 21, 2021

Now, though some of the references have become more obscure with time, it’s hard to imagine anyone not fathoming the play’s gist.

From New York Times • May 7, 2021

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

The vacant eyes in the faded face of the mother were fathoming distances remote from the four walls of the slatternly room.

From Joan Thursday by Vance, Louis Joseph