How to Use understandably in a Sentence

understandably

adverb

• But for most of this week leading up to this game, Landry was, understandably, the story.
  — Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 23 Dec. 2022
• Cities in the path of the totality are, understandably, the most in demand.
  — Bychris Morris, Fortune, 4 Mar. 2024
• That latter bit has artists understandably upset, and the new Nightshade tool might give them the means to fight back.
  — Josh Hendrickson, PCMAG, 22 Jan. 2024
• Fair—and it’s understandably cast a pall over the industry.
  — Ruth Umoh, Fortune, 20 Dec. 2023
• The strike, for me, was a time for reflection and a time for reaching out to our crew members who were understandably very stressed.
  — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Dec. 2023
• But understandably from a strategic vantage point, Trump didn't take the bait.
  — Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2023
• Our now 23-year-old son is doing well, and my wife understandably wants her offspring back in our lives.
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2023
• The war on grass is simply more intense in Las Vegas, and understandably so.
  — Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 30 Dec. 2022
• The boys, understandably, were into Top 40 stations, the kind that played their music.
  — Joe Rubin, Sacramento Bee, 27 Mar. 2024
• In any case, Maggie is lying and is (understandably) willing to trade the man that killed Glenn in exchange for her son.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 17 July 2023
• Purists will understandably carp about this, but Warners now owns those titles and thus claims them as their own.
  — Jon Burlingame, Variety, 7 Apr. 2023
• It’s all a bit of TMI fun until one of the women confesses to sleeping with the best friend of her son, who (understandably) freaks out.
  — Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2023
• Looking at a map of the United States, Democrats might understandably feel anxious.
  — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 28 Nov. 2022
• Due to the wild, widespread nature of the rumors around the Princess, a paparazzi photo of her did understandably warrant a news story.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2024
• Fox said the connection with the group of moms is special — one that’s hard for many other people to relate to, understandably.
  — Brittany Kasko, Fox News, 8 Nov. 2023
• Cadillac Williams is understandably excited about this group, which should be the strength of the offense entering the fall.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 12 Apr. 2023
• The fear of cancer is understandably seared into the public psyche.
  — David Ropeik, STAT, 10 Apr. 2024
• But given it’s been over a year since the show aired, viewers might understandably need a refresher on who’s still around—and who’s succumbed to the treacheries and sorcery of the woods.
  — Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 23 Mar. 2023
• For investors, this is a hurdle that makes some understandably nervous to invest in cannabis stocks.
  — Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2023
• To stand against the tide of trans absurdity is to invite the sky down on one’s head, so, understandably, most people stay quiet when pushed.
  — Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 27 June 2023
• This is a hard moment, and many of you understandably feel uncertainty about the future.
  — Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Jan. 2024
• Much understandably has been made this spring about the potential return of those three aging aces.
  — Tara Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Mar. 2023
• Beyond the three players listed above, the player with long shot odds that has a chance to win is understandably Junior Neymar.
  — Ian Firstenberg, Chicago Tribune, 19 Nov. 2022
• Free-play slots are a great place to start for new users who may be unfamiliar with the nature of slot gaming and understandably overwhelmed.
  — Ian Firstenberg, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2023
• So why the dramatic shift? Some of this, understandably, goes back to personnel.
  — Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 11 Feb. 2024
• Those still bitter about how the pair botched the final season of Game of Thrones might understandably feel some concern about their involvement.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 9 Jan. 2024
• But the specifics of Francoist terror, understandably, aren’t her subject.
  — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2023
• In that regard, there’s still, understandably, a learning curve.
  — Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 4 Aug. 2023
• Russians are understandably shocked and saddened by the attack.
  — Sebastian Shukla, CNN, 30 Mar. 2024
• There’s understandably a level of frustration that has set in as a result.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024