uncomprehending

Example Sentences

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“I want change,” she tells Douglas, who stares at her uncomprehendingly.

From New York Times

Juneteenth was one of the few times of the year I didn’t have to think about the uncomprehending gaze of non-Black people.

From Seattle Times

The brotherhood of combat forged a deep emotional connectedness that an atomized, uncomprehending America could not sustain.

From New York Times

The danger of this assumption, she argues, is that it encourages us “to accept love’s ‘nature,’ passively and uncomprehendingly, instead of trying to resist or alter it.”

From Washington Post

Mention Barack Obama to them, and you will probably get a blank, uncomprehending look.

From Washington Post