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
But fathoming other universes is the essence of Theo’s job.
From Washington Post • Sep. 21, 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
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
She certainly did interest herself very much with lovers, fathoming all the little mysteries of their love-quarrels, and setting every thing quite straight, even when they seemed in inextricable confusion.
From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 4 October 1848 by Various
