understood

Example Sentences

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Henderson said he understood that people would be feeling "a range of emotions from fear to angry" and appealed for calm.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

“It violates what the statute says as a matter of text and history, and just how it’s been understood since the Civil War basically.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Henderson said he understood people were "feeling a range of emotions, from fear to anger".

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Scientists have understood this effect for years, but experimentally demonstrating how to dramatically strengthen it has remained a challenge.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

In that moment, I understood why I’d been forced to train so brutally and intensely for my entire life.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin