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

From Slate • May 27, 2023

All he could do was gaze back at them, uncomprehending.

From Salon • May 6, 2023

I was uncomprehending at first, but then one thing leads to another and you are off to the races, reading all the way.

From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2020

The two men stare at her, uncomprehending, rendered docile by her gibberish.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez