How to Use beyond comprehension in a Sentence

beyond comprehension

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  • From there, the effort both teams gave to keep the ball off the floor was beyond comprehension.
    — Jacob Myers, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Dec. 2021
  • The Eighth stands out for its utter excess of love, the force beyond comprehension.
    — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2020
  • But both men showed courage beyond comprehension that day, saving lives and perhaps even souls.
    — NBC News, 11 Sep. 2021
  • Eyes stretched wide, jaws in freefall, hands glued to skulls as if all had starred into the eyes of Medusa at the exact nanosecond something beyond comprehension occurred.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2023
  • The lack of impulse control to photoshop your picture as a coxswain for crew is beyond comprehension.
    — New York Times, 27 Apr. 2021
  • Causes for Despair The human suffering that the people of Gaza have endured in the past three weeks is beyond comprehension.
    — The New York Review of Books, 29 Oct. 2023
  • The subway’s crowded again and the service changes beyond comprehension.
    — Matthew Pillsbur, The New Yorker, 26 July 2021
  • And the impact of raising global living standards to that of advanced economies is beyond comprehension.
    — Star Tribune, 5 Apr. 2021
  • Why this happens in a place that is sacred to modern Native American tribes is beyond comprehension.
    — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 28 June 2022
  • The gravity of a neutron star is nearly beyond comprehension.
    — Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 1 Dec. 2011
  • For most people, the thought of encountering a serial killer is beyond comprehension.
    — Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 28 Oct. 2022
  • In the four decades since Kruger emerged as one of this country’s most uncompromising conceptual artists, the media landscape has changed almost beyond comprehension.
    — Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2021
  • Grotberg continues to marvel, along with countless other basketball fans, at how Curry has transformed the game by stretching the court beyond comprehension.
    — New York Times, 14 Dec. 2021
  • The true billionaires, rich beyond comprehension, hardly need to flaunt their affluence; Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, for example, seem more devoted to amassing power than to amassing stuff.
    — Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Of course, by definition, tragedy refuses logic, living in a space beyond comprehension, beyond fairness, beyond reason.
    — Hazlitt, 28 June 2022
  • Landmarks were distorted, directions were tangled, and satellite photos were warped beyond comprehension.
    — PCMAG, 4 May 2022

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