fathoming
Example Sentences
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While James is a good-looking, good-natured young man, he's rather lost when it comes to fathoming the way Pünd can unravel mysteries.
From Salon • Oct. 31, 2022
Now, though some of the references have become more obscure with time, it’s hard to imagine anyone not fathoming the play’s gist.
From New York Times • May 7, 2021
They are like the proverbial worker who knows how to use a hammer and thus sees everything as a nail—not fathoming the existence of other tools.
From Scientific American • Jun. 8, 2020
Never once did it have to do the hard work of fathoming an unfathomable score.
From Washington Post • Nov. 19, 2017
A letter from the secretary, Armenteros, speaks of the difficulty he finds in fathoming the designs of the prince of Orange,—a circumstance which he attributes to his probable change of religion.
From History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 by Prescott, William Hickling
