fathom

Example Sentences

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"When you have players who play really well one week and the following two weeks don't, it's hard to fathom."

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

"I can't fully fathom what's going on!" he said.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

“This was a special year, it’s hard to fathom that it’s over.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026

"You just wouldn't even fathom that something like this would happen," 31-year-old Mary, who is originally from the UK, tells the BBC.

From BBC • Dec. 21, 2025

Nobody, least of all humans themselves, had any inkling that their descendants would one day walk on the moon, split the atom, fathom the genetic code and write history books.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari