uncomprehending

Example Sentences

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His Gogo gives a blank, uncomprehending thousand-yard stare into the void that has an unsettling power.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 29, 2025

He was wearing his mug-shot face, but the eyes were uncomprehending.

From Salon • Sep. 21, 2023

“I’m 24 years old, and I’m still here — stuck here,” she tells her uncomprehending parents.

From New York Times • Apr. 13, 2022

Like the dozens of her other proposals, amounting to hundreds of pages, this one went either unread or unremarked upon by her mostly uncomprehending superior officers.

From Slate • May 25, 2021

If she were to make herself known, to tell her unbelievable story, he would be stunned, uncomprehending.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry