Sentence examples for comprehensible only from inspiring English sources

What happened next is comprehensible only to devotees of the Senate.

Other incidents seemed in-jokes comprehensible only to the film's most fanatical devotees.

Atomic structure is comprehensible only on the basis of quantum mechanics, and its finer details require as well the use of quantum electrodynamics (QED).

Pentecostals in the midst of worship are frequently so possessed that their services are filled with anarchic, alien sounds, with outpourings and prayers comprehensible only to God.

Was the piece a gentle burlesque of the West's blinkered view of Asian traditions, which become comprehensible only when turned into cartoons?

April 2nd is comprehensible only if the real goal of the bombers was not Iraq but Spain, where the Islamic empire began its retreat five hundred years ago.

And the idea of an African-American president is not only comprehensible, but also possible.

The English of Geoffrey Chaucer (born in the 14th century), for example, is incomprehensible to modern laymen, whereas that of William Shakespeare (born in the 16th) is not only comprehensible but held by some to be a model.

In his new book, "Boomerang," he actually makes topics like European sovereign debt, the International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank not only comprehensible but also fascinating — even, or especially, to readers who rarely open the business pages or watch CNBC.

The book is a "small but sparkling prism" that makes its subjects "not only comprehensible but also fascinating," writes Michiko Kakutani of The New York Times in her review of the latest effort from the author of "Liar's Poker" and "Moneyball".

In that context, the death dealt out on a routine day, in deepest America, by the hand of someone yelling "Allahu Akbar," is not only comprehensible, but a predictable feature of this war against the United States.