Her speech was slurred and barely comprehensible. From LearnThat.org. [www.ldoceonline.com]
An idea comprehensible to the average mind. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Of course, it needs to remain comprehensible to readers in 2010, which hobbles me considerably. From Wordnik.com. ["And the bone shall never heal. I care not if you kneel."] Reference
To make such a bizarre term comprehensible, think of "White Nationality" as opposed to South African. From Wordnik.com. [Palestine Blogs aggregator] Reference
How she betrays a political secret; how cruel, yet how comprehensible, is Dacier's conduct, the reader will learn in chapters full of charm. From Wordnik.com. [The Congress of Women: Held in the Woman's Building, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, U. S. A., 1893, With Portraits, Biographies and Addresses] Reference
President failed to explain the situation in terms comprehensible to the average man. From Wordnik.com. [Woodrow Wilson and the World War A Chronicle of Our Own Times.] Reference
The fight scenes are inventive and comprehensible, which is, sadly, all too uncommon these days. From Wordnik.com. [Simple Tricks and Nonsense: Movie Review: Hellboy] Reference
The first paragraph continues in what can barely be described as comprehensible English with a stream of random, unintroduced facts. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
I don't agree that a condition of poetry is that it must be "comprehensible" in any particular sense to any particular reader. From Wordnik.com. [PoetryFoundation.org] Reference
In many areas they will not even be comprehensible. From Wordnik.com. [Simple Sabotage Field Manual] Reference
Empire, situation would be natural and comprehensible. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 22, 1914] Reference
"Ineffable" into terms of the finite and comprehensible. From Wordnik.com. [The Basis of Early Christian Theism] Reference
Yet the results are not comparable or even comprehensible. From Wordnik.com. [New York Meets Lake Wobegon] Reference
The process involved in adaptation now becomes comprehensible. From Wordnik.com. [Man or Matter] Reference
There is one solitary idea, and only one, not comprehensible by the. From Wordnik.com. [Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses] Reference
Since then, Kerrey has moved from the comprehensive to the comprehensible. From Wordnik.com. [The Health Care Nose-Counters] Reference
The president has been more noble on Bosnia than on the budget, if less comprehensible. From Wordnik.com. [Looking At The Big 'But'] Reference
Equally, I feel that sometimes you need to interact with the text to make it comprehensible. From Wordnik.com. [Sidney Brichto] Reference
It has the advantage of making comprehensible the mutual relations of impulse, desire, and will. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Ethical Theory] Reference
His ability to make his purposes compelling, or even comprehensible, has been intermittent at best. From Wordnik.com. [Standing Tall] Reference
A fundamental problem of the show is that, of the sung score, only one word in five is comprehensible. From Wordnik.com. [Shoes; Dangerous Liaisons] Reference
In any case, it would be much more natural that it were so recorded than comprehensible that it be not. From Wordnik.com. [The Life Radiant] Reference
Albert Einstein said, "The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible.". From Wordnik.com. [Why God Did Not Create the Universe] Reference
To these he gave the now well-known names (in Latin, so that they might be internationally comprehensible). From Wordnik.com. [Man or Matter] Reference
We could not understand their Finnish speech; but there is a language comprehensible to all, in every clime. From Wordnik.com. [Through Finland in Carts] Reference
It therefore follows that the word "science" is equally applicable to the comprehensible and incomprehensible. From Wordnik.com. [The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume 1, January, 1880] Reference
Such a system would allow for truly unique greetings, and after all, nobody said they had to be comprehensible. From Wordnik.com. [Wishes Shovel Best] Reference
Can you point me at a reference that provides a comprehensive and comprehensible explanation of these instruments?. From Wordnik.com. [Q&A: What are fixed indexed annuities?] Reference
His elucidation of the causes of his agitation was apparently more comprehensible to Lessingham than it was to me. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
More than three blurry months after September 11, the attacks are no more comprehensible than they were that morning. From Wordnik.com. [A Tragic Day Revisited] Reference
Why not fund a series of regional channels devoted to making Western and non-Western classics comprehensible to all listeners?. From Wordnik.com. [The Return of Cultural Diplomacy] Reference
The voice quavers, just a few words breathed with excruciating effort, audible over loudspeakers, but only barely comprehensible. From Wordnik.com. ['PRECIOUS' SUFFERING] Reference
This pattern is made more comprehensible by our new understanding of the differences between male and female responses to stress. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Bettelheim, Ph.D.: Why Gender Neurology Matters in Political Decision Making] Reference
As in "Band of Brothers" and Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan," battles aren't depicted from a distant, comprehensible perspective. From Wordnik.com. [Hanks, Spielberg Strike Out For 'The Pacific'] Reference
This is the original unity; it is here, in a limited, easily comprehensible subject-matter, that the lines are first clearly drawn. From Wordnik.com. [Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature] Reference
As for the girls, who are inevitably fatherless, Charlette's yearning for protection -- for a father -- seems entirely comprehensible. From Wordnik.com. [The Predator Problem] Reference
The new album is mellower, more acoustic, and much more focused on delivering clean, comprehensible, radio-friendly, grown-up pop songs. From Wordnik.com. [Gomez: 'How We Operate'] Reference
The notice shall be printed in such manner as to be clearly legible, comprehensible, and readily apparent to a casual reader of the form. From Wordnik.com. [Reproduction of Copyrighted Works By Educators and Librarians] Reference
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