uncomprehending

Example Sentences

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His Gogo gives a blank, uncomprehending thousand-yard stare into the void that has an unsettling power.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 29, 2025

He was wearing his mug-shot face, but the eyes were uncomprehending.

From Salon • Sep. 21, 2023

And the jittery lighting, a collaboration between Levit and the artist Rirkrit Tiravanija, could hardly have been more uncomprehending of Feldman’s glacial austerity.

From New York Times • Jul. 2, 2023

He looked, uncomprehending, from me to Harry and back again.

From Slate • May 27, 2023

“Day before yesterday!” she repeated, aloud; and went on thinking to herself, “day before yesterday,” in a sort of an uncomprehending way.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin