COMPREHENSION in a Sentence

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For COMPREHENSION, below is one of 86 sentences:
She had not known what he meant then but now bewildered comprehension was coming to her and with it a sick, weary feeling.

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 Meanings and Examples of COMPREHENSION
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
comprehension
 n.  grasp; ability to understand
Classic Sentence: (56 in 4 pages)
1  He fancied that she nodded her comprehension; and with that scant solace he had to trudge off through the rain.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VI
2  The twins looked at each other and nodded, but without comprehension.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
3  Life and feeling and comprehension were beginning to flow back into her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
4  It was beyond their comprehension that they no longer had a hundred slaves to do the work.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
5  It was beyond their comprehension that an O'Hara lady should do manual labor.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
6  It was beyond her comprehension that anyone could love Suellen.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
7  He felt there was something unbecoming about a woman understanding fractions and business matters and he believed that, should a woman be so unfortunate as to have such unladylike comprehension, she should pretend not to.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
8  He was quite beyond all comprehension.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
9  Ashley is too sublime for my earthy comprehension.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
10  Like monkeys or small children turned loose among treasured objects whose value is beyond their comprehension, they ran wild--either from perverse pleasure in destruction or simply because of their ignorance.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
11  Something of her lack of comprehension showed in her face and Ashley smiled.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLII
12  She had not known what he meant then but now bewildered comprehension was coming to her and with it a sick, weary feeling.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIII
13  Anger wiped out the fear from Melanie's face as she saw comprehension come slowly across Scarlett's face and then horror follow swiftly.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
14  Rhett set down his glass and looked sharply into the small face and instant comprehension came into his eyes.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER L
15  Her own life was so pleasant, so sheltered, so wrapped about with people who loved her, so full of kindness that what Mammy told her was almost beyond comprehension or belief.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LIX
Example Sentence: (30 in 3 pages)
1  However, it seems reasonable to assume that pragmatic factors in comprehension will also be present in production.
2  The problem is beyond my comprehension.
3  His behaviour was completely beyond comprehension.
4  This was utterly beyond her comprehension.
5  She had no comprehension of what was involved.
6  She has no comprehension of the seriousness of the situation.
7  The task requires a good comprehension of complex instructions.
8  The study involved taking recordings from a part of the brain called Wernicke's area, at the back of the left temporal lobe, which is involved in speech comprehension.
9  These online lessons are designed to help improve reading comprehension and build vocabulary skills.
10  Two very clear and comprehensive handbooks are available.
11  We offer you a comprehensive training in all aspects of the business.
12  The computer comes with a comprehensive owner's manual.
13  The idea was to create a comprehensive road map of the Web.
14  We offer our customers a comprehensive range of financial products.
15  Our comprehensive range of benefits includes pension and health insurance.