Understand Sentence Examples

And the whole thing has been unnatural because that cat and I are both able to talk your language, and to understand the words you say.

We all understand intuitively there is plenty of food in the world.

Now I understand why you were crying.

I can't even understand it.

To understand this problem, consider our relationship with knowledge over the centuries.

We cannot understand it nor the reason of it.

I don't understand how we could have missed him.

If he lived to be a hundred he'd never understand women.

If they cannot understand that, they cannot understand much that I have to say.

My mother, moreover, succeeded in making me understand a good deal.

Alex was romantic enough to understand the sentimental significance of the home she had inherited.

But you don't need those numbers; I understand you've done your homework searching public records.

I began to read the Bible long before I could understand it.

Oh, I can understand why you would want to deceive people, I just don't understand how you can involve your family in such a thing – especially Tammy!

That wasn't the point she was trying to make, but maybe a man would never understand what she was talking about.

My dog friends seem to understand my limitations, and always keep close beside me when I am alone.

As if that were important, and there were not enough to understand you without them.

I can't understand why he wants to go to the war, replied Pierre, addressing the princess with none of the embarrassment so commonly shown by young men in their intercourse with young women.

No; just trying to understand a few things.

If it were a war for freedom I could understand it and should be the first to enter the army; but to help England and Austria against the greatest man in the world is not right.

I can understand you not wanting to invest the money for a car, but what's wrong with accepting a ride now and then?

I understand you have a big ranch west of here.

When new technology comes out, we generally understand it in terms of what it displaces.

We have a natural desire to make beautiful things and a bone-deep need to understand the world we live in and our place in it.

In the electrical building we examined the telephones, autophones, phonographs, and other inventions, and he made me understand how it is possible to send a message on wires that mock space and outrun time, and, like Prometheus, to draw fire from the sky.

Perhaps I don't understand things, but Austria never has wished, and does not wish, for war.

I understand you have good people on your payroll.

All this was so terrible and unreal that he could not understand it at all, and so had good reason to be afraid.

When we were fortunate enough to find a nest I never allowed her to carry the eggs home, making her understand by emphatic signs that she might fall and break them.

Her words puzzled me very much because I did not then understand anything unless I touched it.

I do not understand quite what that means.

She did not understand who was to go or where to.

I don't understand peace, Taran!

Once, when a question puzzled her very much, I suggested that we take a walk and then perhaps she would understand it.

She could understand nothing, think of nothing and feel nothing, except passionate love for her father, love such as she thought she had never felt till that moment.

He must understand what Alex had been through.

No, I don't understand.

I never did understand why Dad married her.

She didn't fully understand what was going on between her father and these people.

I wanted to explain things to you in a way you'd be able to understand.

By doing this, we will come to understand those conditions better and perhaps prevent them.

Princess Mary did not understand what he wanted of her or why he was asking to be discharged.

So you understand the whole position of our troops?

Not being a military man I can't say I have understood it fully, but I understand the general position.

I don't want you to give that number to anyone unless it's an emergency, you understand?

There is one thing I still don't understand – it's out of character.

I could understand why he would be chasing her, but if I'd have known she'd go for a guy older than me...

It's just that... well, she doesn't understand him, she stammered.

They all didn't understand that she couldn't simply run out and get a job like she had in Tulsa.

Why Pete hired you instead of a man, I'll never understand.

No, because men have needs and desires women couldn't understand.

If only she could understand their words.

That's true but the electrostatic attraction is something we're just beginning to understand.

I understand but I want to do it, in spite of the nightmares and the risks.

But if Quinn got drunk and slept with Betsy, like years ago, you'd understand and forgive her, wouldn't you?

I'm sorry, I don't understand.

I understand the owner is in California.

She seemed to understand and was off to walk Bumpus while I filled in Betsy on my conversation.

But you understand that medical treatment isn't free?

Do you understand? he asked.

She neared him, sensing a flood of raw emotion she didn't understand.

We've got patrols around-- " "Speck doesn't understand that if even a mosquito leaves the town, there's no way we can stop the spread!"

I understand what I'm doing, but I don't understand why.

You can't understand that or how I feel.

Darkyn is not an easy person to understand or live with, and I'm still not certain at all what to think of him at times.

I don't understand any of this.

I know there was more to why she sought me out but I don't understand what.

The soft bed was warm from her body heat, and she found herself running a hand over the downy comforter while she tried to understand the emotions within her.

I wanted you to understand what it was like to be a deity.

She didn't understand why he'd chosen her of all people.

She.d never understand a man like Kris, who saw the world only in black and white!

But you must understand my people are not like you, are not as accepting of your loose tongue.

What if you can't make them understand?

There's no reason I should expect you to understand.

I know you're upset, and I completely understand.

She was beginning to understand the voicemails he kept getting.

He didn't fully understand why, unless it was because he hadn't tapped her yet.

Losing his family at such an early age, I understand why, she said, thoughts on her cousins.

She said nothing, too uneasy to understand what she thought.

Her abrupt contentedness was a warning he didn't understand how to interpret.

Yet it made sense on a level that she didn't quite understand.

You of all people understand how things should work.

I didn't understand what you were doing until after.

I didn't understand it until much later that she wanted to destroy the immortal world and use my vamps to do it.

She didn't understand what she was supposed to do with it around her neck.

He didn't understand why, when she was so torn about what to do.

I understand how difficult it is to fall for someone so outside the norm, you feel like you're going crazy.

It won't be pretty, but you need to understand.

You can't be a part of his world, unless you understand what he is.

You understand him better than I thought.

Jessi knew there was, and it bothered her not to understand what exactly that meant for her.

It is important to understand clearly the criterion which he applied; it is frequently misapprehended.

The praise of the fair sex in the first poem is exceptional in the literature of his age; and its geniality may help us to understand the author's popularity with his contemporaries.

Hence we are able to understand how the Gnostic µirTrtp, the Sophia, appears as the mother of the Hebdomas (4360µas).

His letters betray discontent with Elizabeth's reluctance to assist the States; he could not understand her antipathy to rebellious subjects, and he returned in October, having accomplished little.

With Goethe, who viewed with interest and appreciation the poetical fashion of treating fact characteristic of the Naturphilosophie, he continued on excellent terms, while on the other hand he was repelled by Schiller's less expansive disposition, and failed altogether to understand the lofty ethical idealism that animated his work.

They understand the coming of Christ in the flesh, his works, teaching and sufferings, in a spiritual sense.

But it is the spirit which quickens them that can understand spiritually what they hear."

Miss Fuller and Miss Sullivan could understand me, but most people would not have understood one word in a hundred.

Some understand her readily; others do not.

I don't understand, said he.

She did not understand what he was laughing at.

I then thought that I did not understand her.

Then he again opened his eyes and said something none of them could understand for a long time, till at last Tikhon understood and repeated it.

But I cannot understand the cruelty...

This disposition on the left flank increased Pierre's doubt of his own capacity to understand military matters.

Surely she would understand.

I don't understand all of it, though.

You will soon see for yourself, and you will understand everything.

Sometimes, when he was afraid, he was easy for her to understand.

He didn't understand the ins and outs of their blood bond, but he knew how much she rocked his world when she drank from him earlier.

I was too young to understand why she sought out my mother and me.

Do you understand me? he asked.

Also understand that I'll kill anyone who comes between us and my plans, he warned.

Do you understand me?

The kid was hard to read, and she guessed his anger had more to do with his struggle to understand his new role than the vamps who clearly had no respect for him.

But I don't understand it.

What she didn't understand was why a vamp would consider it his job to remind her of her mission.

Jule's next words were low and in a tongue she didn't understand.

I'm beginning to understand why the … why your father wants you.

I don't understand what that means, Father.

I know you can't understand that.

He couldn't yet understand the magic in his veins, unleashed by the vamp without any explanation of its depths.

You Guardians don't understand how to bargain.

She was in pain she didn't understand.

Does she understand how important her gift is?

She hesitated, sensing that entering his domain would somehow seal her to a fate she didn't yet understand.

Tears began to spill again, and she began to understand how Darian felt, utterly alone and abandoned in the corner of her mind.

He began to understand why and couldn't help but feel frustrated at having to find a way to win her instead of command her.

Not the kind you'd understand.

Then again, he was a man, and he didn't pretend to understand a woman's mind.

Awed by the power she had over him, she began to understand the extent of his solitary existence for the millennia of his life.

While she didn't yet understand the depths of her new world, she found peace in knowing this was indeed her world, too.

Like her other thoughts, this one escaped before she was able to understand its meaning.

You can never understand.

Deidre couldn't understand the relationship and how permanent he claimed it was.

That's an emotion I do understand, she said.

She didn't fully understand the demon senses that Darkyn indicated were part of her now.

Her instincts were at full alarm, but she didn't understand what she had to fear from Gabriel's death dealers.

Not because you deserve it, but because I understand you had a weakness that consumed you.

I don't understand his motivation.

I do not understand how you feel as you do.

Trust us to understand and maybe help.

That's why it bothered me so much when Martha seemed to understand so quickly.

Only little Lydia—who I understand was Jill-on-the-job and busted you for racing on her first day on duty.

She stared at him, trying to understand.

I'm beginning to understand what you've gotten yourselves into.

He knew she'd understand.

Then, Fitzgerald added, I understand Mr. Dean was in the area, too, though I don't as yet know why.

I understand from Dawkins' son his old man was paying Josh pretty well to be his mine manager—up until August of 1961 when Josh disappeared.

No, you don't understand.

Wynn wasn't able to pity her, but he was able to understand the bigger picture.

She didn't understand how, when there was so much beauty around her.

In her mind, she saw only them being happy, finally, after an eternity of struggling to understand one another.

She didn't understand what pain was at that point.

She doesn't understand the human world yet.

She didn't understand how humans could feel so much and still function when she was overwhelmed.

She doesn't understand how unlikely that is.

He wasn't going to understand what she'd done.

She didn't understand exactly why, except that Gabe was locked out of the underworld.

That issue, she should understand how to fix.

She didn't understand what her instincts were trying to tell her, but right now, they wanted her to climb a tree to see the lake from above.

I realized then you'd never understand or accept me for who I was.

You didn't have the ability to understand.

He didn't understand what.

Deidre glanced at Darkyn in puzzlement, and Gabriel realized she didn't yet understand the depth of the Dark One's obligation to her.

Deidre didn't understand how that was possible.

I understand if you hate me.

Deidre held no warmth at all for Darkyn, but she could understand that the girl didn't belong in this mess.

He didn't understand it at the time.

I never could understand why she would want to give up her own child.

Maybe it was a relationship that was difficult for the modern wife to understand.

Even when they didn't understand the cause, they empathized with the emotion.

When they talked to him, he seemed to understand, but he didn't respond.

It was hard to believe he didn't understand the source of her distress, and yet he acted as though he was baffled.

He couldn't possibly know or understand, but he seemed to sense something was wrong between them.

Her sign language vocabulary had increased, but many things were still difficult to understand.

She'd been asked that question more than once while out and didn't understand it, unless it was some sort of odd Southern greeting.

She laughed, knowing he couldn't possibly understand why she found it funny.

If you don't want to forgive me or can't, I understand, she started.

He cleared it, pushing aside the haze of alcohol and the pain he sensed but didn't understand the source of.

If you want me to get a hotel room, I totally understand.

Yes, but I don't understand how to use them yet.

But past-Deidre had motivations deeper than anything I could understand.

She didn't understand it, not when he obviously had another woman.

No matter what he said, she'd heard enough about past-Deidre to understand there was much more to their relationship.

She didn't understand him.

The power of an Ancient is beyond anything humans can understand.

He was too cagey for her to understand what he felt.

I don't expect a human to understand.

He spoke in tear-filled gibberish she didn't understand, and she moved away to the door.

Too surprised to understand what exactly was happening, she obeyed the police officer's instructions to sit down and shut up and sat in the quiet police station reception area.

Gabriel didn't need to understand modern science.

It's a long story, one you don't necessarily need to know to understand your circumstances.

Did humans understand both their universal significance and their individual insignificance?

Sasha was not a hard creature to understand.

He spoke a smattering of words she didn't understand.

He didn't understand why the self-proclaimed guardian of humans would drag such a helpless creature into this web of evil.

Would she ever understand him?

Nothing a blood monkey could understand.

She didn't exactly understand the sensation except that she didn't ever want that feeling to end.

You must understand there is a reason behind what I ask of you that will not become clear for some time.

She left him alone in the dark with his thoughts, and he began to understand more how his friend Rhyn felt in a world that was pitted against him.

You wouldn.t understand.

The Council meeting was a bust, and there was more tension in the air than he could understand.

She didn.t understand much of the Immortal world, but she knew Death always won.

Someone like you could never understand.

You.re right, Kris, I can.t understand how you could turn your back on the person who needed you most and justify it with your shortsighted arrogance.

I understand you want to go to the convent.

Fury she didn.t understand crossed his face.

I understand my fate is either bad or really bad.

If I get her help, she said everything would be okay, and everyone would understand Sasha killed the Immortals.

That he was troubled was no secret, though Rhyn didn.t understand why, aside from being a slave to Death.

She doesn't understand you are mated.

I didn't understand what it meant.

She is not from here, doesn't understand her role.

She didn't understand the rules of this world well enough to know if she were jumping the gun, but what she heard made her very uncomfortable.

It's a very interesting game, though I don't understand how it works exactly.

He was silent in surprise once more, unable to understand how she might consider his battle plans nothing more than a complex game.

You understand ground and space battles?

I don't always understand all the parts.

Only now was he beginning to understand that her staying depended less on duty and honor and more on him.

Disbelief and sorrow crossed her face as she began to understand her options.

She pressed one button, then another, struggling to understand the symbols that popped up on the screen in response.

She didn't understand the significance of the pictures or writing and frowned, wondering how such a simple place was considered sacred.

She struggled to understand what the images were trying to tell her.

She didn't understand why until they reached the top, overlooking a deep canyon.

I know I haven't been the best of friends, so if you don't want to talk to me anymore, I'll understand.

I've been a warrior for too long to understand how to be the lifemate you deserve.

You gotta understand these genealogy-type women, he added.

You have to understand.

I learned a long time ago, that anyone who asks that question can't understand my answer anyway.

I understand opportunities were limited a century ago but surely she could have been a school teacher or office clerk or something above a brothel prostitute.

I never will understand how you could know so little about Fred.

These last days I've begun to understand this and come to the dreaded decision of what is to become of me.

Cynthia grimaced but seemed to understand.

Cynthia seemed to understand his hurt.

I can understand that after you guys tried to kill each other.

I can't understand those climbers....

But I still don't understand.

I'm not sure, but I'm guessing his head injury caused him to not understand, or even remember what happened.

I can understand it must be scary to think of giving birth.

She mumbled something he could not understand until he forced concentration, eventually discerning the thin voice whispering The Lord's Prayer.

I only wish to understand what this place is and how I came to be here.

Sarah usually made her beaus understand that vampirism isn't all it is cracked up to be, and she would not wish this life on anyone.

I am here to help you understand her, because, for some unfathomable reason, she cares about you.

Sarah could never understand why; she guessed it was some macho alpha male thing, but Jackson would occasionally go out looking for trouble.

What he did not understand was that she found his music to be cathartic.

So, I think you can understand you really get to know a person in that kind of time, right?

He shook his head wondering if he would ever truly understand this woman.

Not at all crazy, I understand completely.

He guessed she would understand.

He didn't quite understand why she needed that.

He drove home slowly, trying to understand what had happened.

I think the best advice I can give, is try to understand that everything she does and says initially comes from fear and shock.

Jesus, Elisabeth, I don't understand.

How could he expect her to understand things he did not understand himself?

I understand you don't want to throw everything at me at once, but you need to explain this now.

I will make them understand.

You understand, I need to know as much as possible about the guy who finally landed my girl here.

Do you understand what could have happened?

I could have killed you, don't you understand that?

He didn't leave a single detail out, hoping she would understand how obvious it was that she would not hurt him.

Now you will understand why we drink so much.

I understand it's the right thing to do, but don't for a minute expect me to like it.

I don't understand you two, both encouraging your lovers to cheat on you.

I understand if you don't want to get involved.

Although I can't, for the life of me, understand why you wouldn't want to impress her.

You must understand how important that is?

No. She can't understand how sure I was she wouldn't hurt me.

Why couldn't Katie understand that there was a principle involved?

He can understand a career in real estate.

Josh is religious, but there aren't many men who would claim to understand women.

How could he possibly understand?

If I live to be a thousand years old I'll never understand them.

I understand you have friends doing your chores, and your hospital bill has already been paid through tomorrow, so stop worrying and complete your convalescence.

I don't know if a man can understand this, but I want to hold a baby in my arms and know it's a part of me and the man I love.

No. You don't understand.

Let me start all over - in a way I know you'll understand.

If I live to be a thousand years old, I'll never understand it.

He'd surmised she was somewhere this side of the Mississippi, but he couldn't understand how she didn't know how bad it was.

Water, I can understand.

Imaging of the mountain flashed off and was replaced by a screen full of colors and letters Brady didn't understand.

She definitely wouldn't understand a world like this one.

Do you understand? he demanded.

I think you understand how vulnerable you are here.

I don't expect someone like you to understand.

Brady, I don't understand you.

I understand what I need to.

No guarantee we'll survive the night, but you probably understand that.

I understand you want to cross the river.

I understand.  Is that all you came to tell me?

He said nothing, aware the creature before him wasn't capable of communicating a truth in a way most others could understand.  Death was from a time before time.  He would never understand what she saw when she looked out over humanity and saw its Past, Present, Future, and the soul of each human that ever lived.  The size of her vision rendered her unique interpretations puzzling, even to him.

He didn't understand both their concern and eagerness to get rid of him, but felt familiar coldness settle into his chest.  There had been two other people in the entirety of the universe that cared for him, and the two people with him now were not the same.

Toby was silent, knowing a normal Immortal could never understand.  He didn't yet have the full power of a real guardian angel, but he should've been able to do more than … nothing.  Angels were placed with human mothers so they could understand the creatures they were meant to take care of.  Human mothers raised them as their own, yet none of his human mothers had gone to the extent Katie did to try to protect him.

He is not, but he is a warrior worthy of her attention in battle.  The Immortals always say, at least they understand Darkyn.

Rhyn does understand, but he can't control what he is.  Even if he wanted to do good, he'd fail.  He's too weak to control his impulses, Kris.

Her bizarre changes of subject made him understand why Andre hadn't liked dealing with her.  Was there hidden meaning in her words?

Then maybe you wouldn't understand but they were what marriage is supposed to be.

Dean could not understand someone voluntarily subjecting themselves to the tedium of the molasses-process of justice.

There were some things about the business world Dean would never understand.

I can't understand it.

I can understand why.

We understand they give swim­ming lessons there.

I understand from Mrs. Glass he was back in town but has moved out, so you don't have to worry.

She needed someone who would listen and understand a little.

Maybe I'm not smart enough to understand it but I deserve to know.

We've got an address now and understand he's back from vacation.

You've got to understand the guy, he didn't want to have any­thing to do with the dough.

I never could understand how Winston was so positive the person you were fol­lowing was Jeff when you knew all along it was that other horrid man.

But I understand why you did it.

Why couldn't a mature male understand that without being told?

He seemed to understand so much.

Maybe he'd understand about the place on the mountain.

I understand it depends on the individual.

I just want to understand your relationship.

She was the only one who would probably understand her concern for Brutus.

It was difficult to understand why she had been looking forward to this moment for so long, but wasn't ecstatic now that it had finally arrived.

He might not appreciate the china the way she did, but he would understand and support her desire to make use of it.