How to Use comprehend in a Sentence

comprehend

verb

• 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
• 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
• Most people just could not comprehend my point of view.
  — Jodi Cilley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2023
• The need for capital investment is at a scale that is hard to comprehend.
  — Heather Landy, Quartz, 5 Aug. 2022
• Before the 19-year-old could comprehend what had happened, an auger had severed his right arm.
  — Emily Corwin, ProPublica, 23 Aug. 2022
• Charles, Harry writes, doesn't comprehend the awfulness of the tabloid treatment of Meghan Markle.
  — Town & Country, 10 Jan. 2023
• There is still an immense amount of work to be done in making machines that truly can comprehend and reason about the world around them.
  — Gary Marcus, Scientific American, 6 June 2022
• Seyfried shared that her daughter is starting to comprehend what her job entails.
  — Audrey Schmidt, Peoplemag, 15 Dec. 2023
• Democrats may struggle to comprehend this, but not everyone agrees that Mr. Musk is destined to fail.
  — James Freeman, WSJ, 15 Nov. 2022
• This essay, by Pitchfork editor Jayson Greene, deals with a level of pain that most of us can’t comprehend: the sudden death of a child.
  — Rachel Wilkerson Miller, SELF, 28 Feb. 2023
• The systems have gotten so big and there are so many variables that no one person can comprehend the whole stack anymore.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 16 Feb. 2023
• The belief here is that the real measure of it, its real meaning, is yours and God’s to comprehend and determine.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Dec. 2022
• Let your mind comprehend fully what is happening and what’s at stake.
  — Erica Ariel Fox, Forbes, 15 Aug. 2022
• And part of building that empire is making sure her children comprehend the meaning of it all.
  — Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 17 Nov. 2022
• Just 19 years old, Fatima struggled to comprehend that her life, her country and all the gains Afghanistan had made in the 20 years since the Taliban last ruled were collapsing.
  — Juliet MacUr, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2022
• Thankfully, Juneteenth books for kids can get the message across in ways that their growing minds can comprehend.
  — Karla Pope, Woman's Day Magazine, 5 May 2023
• Look no further than the first round to comprehend how the Chargers landed eight players on the NFL’s top 100 list entering last season.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Apr. 2023
• New pet owners may struggle to comprehend what their pet is trying to tell them, as will owners who have bonded with their pups for years.
  — Liam Gravvat, USA TODAY, 29 July 2022
• The first element that unlocked for Wells was the framing element of the rave, where Sophie scrutinizes the past to comprehend her present.
  — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2022
• Many who leave may not even comprehend that the planet's changing climate led to their decision.
  — Kyle Bagenstose, USA TODAY, 11 July 2022
• Arjuna, in an instant, comprehends the true nature of Vishnu and of the universe.
  — WIRED, 24 July 2023
• Even today, weeks later, Butler still seems to be struggling to comprehend it.
  — Jenelle Riley, Variety, 27 Feb. 2023
• The fact that galaxies and worlds exist beyond our own solar system, let alone beyond the Milky Way can be hard to comprehend.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 28 June 2022
• Some of the stories he's heard during the event over the years about how impactful Alabama's music has been on people's lives are hard for Owen to comprehend.
  — Cindy Watts, Peoplemag, 3 Mar. 2023
• What’s crazy are those who can’t comprehend how Seidler can do all this in a small/medium/whatever market.
  — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024