How to Use comprehend in a Sentence

comprehend

verb

• And not, nobody can even comprehend that much equipment.
  — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 28 Aug. 2021
• But the magnitude of the attacks can still be a lot for younger minds to comprehend in a few lessons.
  — Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 12 Sep. 2021
• Clients may not be interested in or aware of the severity of such products, let alone comprehend their long-term effects.
  — Kang-Chun Cheng, Quartz, 11 Aug. 2021
• Biden said people on the East Coast struggle to comprehend the scale of the destruction, which rivals the size of New Jersey.
  — Chris Megerian, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2021
• Millions more, like Patricia Smith, were too young to comprehend the destruction and the metamorphosis that followed.
  — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2021
• That might be hard for the outside world to comprehend given the coach’s continued support of Dalton as his starter and his aversion to setting this up as an open competition in training camp.
  — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 19 Aug. 2021
• The exchange of money in society was this impossibly intricate machine that a regular person like me could never begin to comprehend.
  — Whizy Kim, refinery29.com, 18 Aug. 2021
• Beyond the human toll, the physical devastation has been nearly impossible to comprehend.
  — New York Times, 23 Aug. 2021
• Meanwhile researchers are trying to better comprehend permafrost’s contribution to global warming.
  — Jordan Wilkerson, Scientific American, 11 Aug. 2021
• The public can comprehend the devastation of a catastrophic wildfire that torches vast stands of trees, leaves a scorched forest floor littered with wildlife carcasses and turns dancing streams into oozes of mud and ash.
  — Dan Egan, jsonline.com, 2 Sep. 2021
• The futile attempts to comprehend this heinous act, and the hours of hugs and tears, soon gave way to anger.
  — Ted Deutch, Variety, 18 Oct. 2023
• Death is a scary aspect of life that is hard to comprehend.
  — Kelsey Hurwitz, Woman's Day, 1 June 2022
• But the scandal was not front-page news, nor did most of the public comprehend the scope of the issue.
  — Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024
• Rivera said the rule shouldn’t be hard for players to comprehend.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 25 Sep. 2021
• Most of all, trees seem to grow on a timescale humans can comprehend.
  — Timothy Farrington, WSJ, 2 Dec. 2022
• For them, the earthquake was just the latest tragedy — one that many are still too shocked to comprehend.
  — Mehmet Guzel, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Feb. 2023
• The devastation of the fire that ripped through West Maui on Aug. 8 is hard to comprehend.
  — Hadley Meares, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Nov. 2023
• The numbers coming out of Gaza can be hard to comprehend.
  — Cate Brown, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2024
• These days David is growing up fast — faster than the singer can quite comprehend.
  — Sophie Dodd, Peoplemag, 9 Dec. 2022
• The shooting seemed doubly hard to comprehend for many in Ukraine.
  — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 25 May 2022
• The battle shows that some managers can’t comprehend that the world has changed along with the mindset of workers.
  — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2021
• Most people just could not comprehend my point of view.
  — Jodi Cilley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2023
• Okposo, now 36, at the time couldn’t comprehend the emotions that went through winning the Stanley Cup.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 27 June 2024
• There is no way to fully comprehend the toll of the past two years without looking closer at some of the losses.
  — Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY, 17 May 2022
• The need for capital investment is at a scale that is hard to comprehend.
  — Heather Landy, Quartz, 5 Aug. 2022
• One of those three fan bases couldn’t comprehend how that was possible.
  — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Mar. 2022
• Before the 19-year-old could comprehend what had happened, an auger had severed his right arm.
  — Emily Corwin, ProPublica, 23 Aug. 2022
• For her part, Jean-Baptiste still can't comprehend how Waiden was able to display such strength and bravery.
  — Steve Helling, PEOPLE.com, 28 Jan. 2022
• In many ways, the last three weeks have seemed a familiar, if discomfiting, circumstance to families looking after aging relatives who may — or may not — accept or even comprehend the physical challenges that have beset them.
  — Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 21 July 2024
• The instructional approach is backed by research and focuses on phonics, understanding syllables, and comprehending the meaning of words in sentences, among other techniques.
  — Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 23 July 2024

Last Updated: 25 Sep 2024