FATHOM in a Sentence

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For FATHOM, below is one of 34 sentences:
Taking it from its root in the stocks to its tip in the clouds, it is sixty fathoms long, and its diameter at its base is three feet.

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 Meanings and Examples of FATHOM
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fathom
 v.  measure the depth; come to understand
Classic Sentence: (25 in 2 pages)
1  Yes, Melanie had a way with children that Scarlett could never fathom.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LVI
2  This is some passing whim of your wife, due to some cause or causes which you and I needn't try to fathom.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXII
3  He occasionally tried to fathom a comrade with seductive sentences.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
4  My dear nurse," said Penelope, "however wise you may be you can hardly fathom the counsels of the gods.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XXIII
5  All their class held these principles: I supposed, then, they had reasons for holding them such as I could not fathom.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
6  The writer claimed by a momentary expression, a twitch of a muscle or a glance of an eye, to fathom a man's inmost thoughts.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
7  I wish I could fathom his mind.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
8  She seemed to be trying to fathom the hidden meaning of his words which would explain his feeling for her.
War and Peace 6 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 16: CHAPTER VI
9  Aramis said that as these sorts of affairs were mysterious, it was better not to fathom them.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 8 CONCERNING A COURT INTRIGUE
10  Yet from another I go on again to tear away a tough shoot, fully to fathom its secret; yet from another black blood follows out of the bark.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK THIRD
11  But tonight, for a reason we cannot fathom, we wish it were possible to us to know the likeness of our own person.
Anthem By Ayn Rand
Context  Highlight   In PART FIVE
12  There, within the limits of those few square fathoms, fifteen hundred men fell in less than an hour.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER II—HOUGOMONT
13  Taking it from its root in the stocks to its tip in the clouds, it is sixty fathoms long, and its diameter at its base is three feet.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER III—THE ANKLE-CHAIN MUST HAVE UNDERGONE A CERTAIN...
14  All this was ten fathoms distant from him.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 13: CHAPTER III—THE EXTREME EDGE
15  For our own part, we never pronounce those words without pain and without respect, for when philosophy fathoms the facts to which they correspond, it often finds many a grandeur beside these miseries.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER I—THE CHARYBDIS OF THE FAUBOURG SAINT ANTOINE AND...
Example Sentence:
1  Jeremy's passive attitude was hard to fathom.
2  I'm having difficulty using my video editing equipment and can't fathom out the various connections.
3  He couldn't fathom out what the man could possibly mean.
4  It is hard to fathom the pain felt at the death of a child.
5  For years people have been trying to fathom the mysteries of the whale's song.
6  Many have sought to fathom the enigmatic smile of the Mona Lisa.
7  I find his motives impossible to fathom; in fact, I'm totally clueless about what goes on in his mind.
8  The harbour is four fathoms deep.
9  We sailed into the bay and dropped anchor in five fathoms of water.