UNDERSTOOD in a Sentence

Learn UNDERSTOOD from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
241 example sentences for UNDERSTOOD, such as:
1. He tried every means to make himself understood.
2. Each was conscious that the other understood him.
3. But neither Katya nor Arkady even understood her.
4. Rusty nodded as though she understood the old woman.
5. 'Yes,' repeated Katya, and this time he understood her.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of UNDERSTOOD
understood
 a.  fully apprehended as to purport or meaning or explanation
 a.  implied by or inferred from actions or statements
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  It seemed as though Bazarov understood and appreciated both the pressure and the silence.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
2  Each was conscious that the other understood him.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
3  'Yes,' repeated Katya, and this time he understood her.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
4  But neither Katya nor Arkady even understood her.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
5  He still had not lost consciousness, and understood what was said to him; he was still struggling.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
6  They understood nothing, they had no idea of real life, and I swear that that was what made me most indignant with them.
Notes from the Underground By Fyodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: III
7  But I understood: there was a quiver of something different in her voice, not abrupt, harsh and unyielding as before, but something soft and shamefaced, so shamefaced that I suddenly felt ashamed and guilty.
Notes from the Underground By Fyodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: VI
8  But that did not trouble me: I knew, I felt that I should be understood and that this very bookishness might be an assistance.
Notes from the Underground By Fyodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: VII
9  What happened was this: Liza, insulted and crushed by me, understood a great deal more than I imagined.
Notes from the Underground By Fyodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: IX
10  She understood from all this what a woman understands first of all, if she feels genuine love, that is, that I was myself unhappy.
Notes from the Underground By Fyodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: IX
11  Though I do not maintain positively that she understood all this distinctly; but she certainly did fully understand that I was a despicable man, and what was worse, incapable of loving her.
Notes from the Underground By Fyodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: X
12  The English have not understood and cannot understand the self-abnegation of our Emperor who wants nothing for himself, but only desires the good of mankind.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER I
13  "Because I hate ghost stories," said Prince Hippolyte in a tone which showed that he only understood the meaning of his words after he had uttered them.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER III
14  Anatole did not release him, and though he kept nodding to show that he understood, Anatole went on translating Dolokhov's words into English.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IX
15  Evidently the prince understood her, and also understood, as he had done at Anna Pavlovna's, that it would be difficult to get rid of Anna Mikhaylovna.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XV
Example Sentence: (31 in 3 pages)
1  He was the only person who understood all the arcane details of the agreement.
2  You have not understood; allow me to elucidate.
3  Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.
4  Rusty nodded as though she understood the old woman.
5  Maybe he would worry less if he understood the situation.
6  The process by which malignant cancer cells multiply isn't fully understood.
7  The candidate said that he understood the heartbeat of the Hispanic community in California.
8  This statement must be understood in the context of the entire document.
9  Need not be anyone understood, more don't like anyone to explain themselves.
10  He tried every means to make himself understood.
11  Her lawyer said she understood the consequences of her actions and was prepared to go to jail.
12  The boy gabbled off the poem as though he neither understood nor enjoyed it.
13  The play's message is perhaps too subtle to be understood by young children.
14  He's understood to be there at the personal invitation of President Daniel Arap Moi.
15  Elizabeth understood her husband's loyalty to his sister.