fathoming

Example Sentences

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I truly have a hard time fathoming that.

From Salon • Oct. 16, 2022

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

What would be as a story beyond fathoming for the second-grade class Lieberg will teach Monday back home in Helena, Mont., became something nevertheless inspiring.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2018

Never once did it have to do the hard work of fathoming an unfathomable score.

From Washington Post • Nov. 19, 2017

For all their attempts at fathoming the secrets of nature are based on the idea that male or female powers are inherent in all matter.

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