fathomed
Example Sentences
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Ken Ono’s career as one of the world’s most prominent mathematicians has taken him to Hollywood and the Olympics, places that he never could have fathomed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 7, 2025
"We never fathomed it would be this catastrophic and apocalyptic."
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2025
“He did something she could have never anticipated or fathomed or predicted,” Ms. Smith said.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2024
“They came out and executed. Kicked our butts. I would’ve never fathomed that this would’ve been the conclusion of the score if you would’ve asked me a week or two weeks ago. There’s no way.”
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 18, 2023
The thing she’d wanted, the thing she dreamed of, belonged to her and was better than anything she could have fathomed.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
