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

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

From Slate • May 27, 2023

“I’m 24 years old, and I’m still here — stuck here,” she tells her uncomprehending parents.

From New York Times • Apr. 13, 2022

“We are tired of being ghetto bound,” Ben Ruffin, the executive director of UOCI, told the mostly uncomprehending council.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson