fathom

Example Sentences

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"When you have players who play really well one week and the following two weeks don't, it's hard to fathom."

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Former Cardinals team-mate JJ Watt said: "Can't even begin to fathom or process this. There's just no way. Way too soon. Way too special. So much left to give. Rest in peace Rondale."

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

"Can't even begin to fathom or process this," wrote Watt.

From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026

“This was a special year, it’s hard to fathom that it’s over.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026

WL I returned to the kitchen to fetch a second urn of tea, I asked Aina, the cook, “Do you fathom what disaster Mr. Gitney and the Young Men anticipate?”

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson