Sentence examples for before we understood from inspiring English sources

But that was before we understood that the alternatives out there are far worse.

That was before we understood that human memory is fallible, and notoriously suggestible.

Growing up, we liked the idea of creating a business, even before we understood what business was.

Before we understood the cancer and heart risks, smoking was considered a way to relax and alter mood, he said.

Before we understood what multiple sclerosis was, for instance, we called it hysterical paralysis, and for decades we thought that ulcers were caused primarily by stress, when in fact bacteria are more often responsible.

In the days before we understood the concept of curating a collection, the Habsburgs collected with zeal, building a baggy but comprehensive picture of the world at its most extreme – both beautiful and ugly.

"We've been there before, we understand the league.

"We're losing this information before we understand it," Aljančič said.

The classic hero's journey, comfortingly familiar even before we understand what it is.

"We should not kill these products before we understand the impact on the real economy," he said.

It will take time, possibly years, before we understand what that influence is, Mr. Weingarten cautioned yesterday.