How to use "understood" in a sentence
Sentences
At that moment, I understood everything
Captain Nemo understood that thought
Suddenly, I thought I understood what the men below said in their strange language
Then she understood
And then she understood
'Oh!' said Alice, and then she understood
I soon understood why! NASA sent me on a journey into space with a woman and an ape! Me, a spaceman! It was very strange.
Mr Tribble understood
'Perhaps I can put things right with Jenny,' I thought, 'now that I've found her again.' But the more I thought about it, the more I finally understood that it was better for the boy to be with Jenny and her husband, and not to have an idiot for a father.
Now I understood what he was talking about.
The world is a very sad place!' Now I thought I understood Mr Slinkton
Now I felt that I understood Mr Slinkton
From what they were shouting at each other, he understood that they were running from the police
But now he understood that Jondrette's business was writing dishonest letters, asking for money from people he imagined were wealthier than himself.
Now, after his conversation with the girl from the next room, he understood what real poverty was
He understood business, but he could not understand the problems of poor people
Jean Valjean, who had arrived unnoticed at the barricade, had been listening to the argument and had quickly understood the situation.
He understood, and went downstairs with Javert close behind him
'That's understood
Suddenly, Sala thought she understood
Danny had been wonderful; Danny had understood
"Well," Elliot said, "the way we understood it, this was where he lived."
All I know is that during the fourteen or sixteen - or seven thousand - months that we worked together, through countless story meetings in the development executive's office, I was never sure that any of my writing confreres had read the complete novel that he or she was adapting - or understood what had been read
When I wondered aloud how any vehicle could negotiate this surface, my question was not understood
Women know things that can't be explained by reason; this kind of knowledge is rarely understood by men
It was also not generally understood that because Mars is older and smaller than our Earth, and further from the sun, it is nearer life's end as well as further from its beginning.
Even then he hardly understood what was happening, until he heard another sound and saw the black mark jump forwards a little
Then he suddenly understood
That quieted him a little, and when he saw Henderson, the London journalist, in his garden, he shouted over the fence and made himself understood.
I think they understood that nothing could be done for the moment, and had gone away to have breakfast at Henderson's house
If I had really understood the meaning of all the things I had seen, I would have gone back to join my wife in Leatherhead immediately
Then, and only then, he understood something of the full power and terror of the Martians
The Martians understood doors!
'Oh, one can't always work,' he said, and in a flash I understood the man clearly.
But when we peeled our first potato, we understood that this was not exciting - it was hard work
He understood and sold us three tickets