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Example sentences for "fathoming"

Lexicographically close words:
fathers; fathom; fathome; fathomed; fathomes; fathomless; fathoms; fati; fatigue; fatigued
  1. He had not approached his accomplice without thoroughly fathoming his character, and noting his weaknesses.

  2. Neither spoke, each seemingly intent upon fathoming the thoughts of the other.

  3. There was a silence during which each seemed intent upon fathoming the secret thoughts of the other.

  4. Before that event her active spirit, if not engaged in fathoming the mysteries of Zarathustra, delighted in the weaving of fantastic tissues, with heroes and heroines as the forerunners of her future greatness.

  5. Damon's father was a physician, but had a secret laboratory, and had spent a fortune in attempts at fathoming the mysteries of alchemy and astrology.

  6. One of them acting as clerk took charge of the goods and dealt them out to the others by fathoming them off with his arms, this being their custom of measuring cloth.

  7. Furthermore in the solitude of the great forests the establishment of the little bivouac home and the fathoming of the many secrets of the trail calls forth man’s gregarious nature.

  8. The most subtle acuteness is employed in the service of dogma, with the task of fathoming the how and why of things whose existence is certified elsewhere.

  9. In my opinion, I am incapable of fathoming the truth of the Christian religion and its value to those who confess it.

  10. Derision can find no room within the fathoming comprehension that does not forget the ceaseless pressure of those ruthless surroundings in which often noblest lives are framed.

  11. Again, as in earlier days, we see the spiritual spell, and with the force, the form and understanding, fathoming stretch and reach and power and grasp of genius.


  12. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "fathoming" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
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