Sentence examples for claimed to understand from inspiring English sources

He claimed to understand "more than 1,200 languages and dialects".

I wouldn't trust the sanity of any critic who claimed to understand what goes on in this movie.

Yet the authorities that escorted him and claimed to understand Arabic, accused him of "discussing martyrdom" in his telephone conversation.

They claimed to understand the importance of keeping their intensity, of squashing an opponent that is down.

When the discussion came to an end, neither the speakers nor the audience claimed to understand exactly what the idea of India is.

He also claimed to understand and speak the language of sea gulls and would entertain people in bars and at parties with his expressive birdlike squawks.

They also claim to understand history.

Not that she claims to understand anything.

Having played him, I cannot claim to understand Hitler.

Verdi added that as an Italian, he could not claim to "understand everything" in Wagner.

We are fond of this drawing, though we don't claim to understand it.