be understanding

Example Sentences

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“While the statements may be accurate in a certain context, beneficiaries might not be understanding that it’s only a limited context.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 2026

The father, trying to be understanding, says, “I was part of that noise, wasn’t I?”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

“There were so many different options out on the table,” Woods said, “and we were trying to be understanding to all the victims.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2025

"But we need to be understanding, at least try and help each other even to come out of this kind of thinking."

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2024

And maybe a woman who had grown up in such a free and liberal household as the Wedgwoods’ would be understanding about his religious doubts, if he could not manage to conceal them.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman