Sentence examples for did I grasp from inspiring English sources

Only later did I grasp that Zeldin leaves it to us to supply the appropriate rage.

Once I experienced at first hand the significance that Ferrari had for Italy and the tifosi, only then did I grasp that these concepts were well justified.

Little did I grasp then that enthusiastically participating in this sunny rite of passage would expose me to its depressing shadow side.

He said "Oh, that" a lot, but only during a recent jailhouse meeting with him did I grasp the phrase's function.

Only a third of the way through this hour-long piece did I grasp that Nagy was dealing with the endless ambiguities surrounding sexual pursuit; by the end I felt I needed to see the action all over again.

Only when I join other passengers on a ridge overlooking the bay do I grasp that the main attraction lies on the other side: 50,000 king penguins, myriad penguins, battalions of penguins -- it's like looking down on the famous ranks of Chinese terra-cotta soldiers, only more crowded, improbable and impressive.

54.6 3.64 Do I grasp "the big picture" before the minutiae?

I'd read and reviewed Michael Connelly before, but not until the two -- two! -- novels he published this year, The Closers and The Lincoln Lawyer, did I fully grasp the dimensions of his achievement.

Did I have a grasp on what it is?

When we observe an individual performing a motor act (e.g. grasping a cup) we get two types of information on the basis of how the motor act is done and the context: what the agent is doing (i.e. grasping) and the intention underlying it (i.e. grasping for drinking).

When I first started doing this, I grasped at thin air -- there were no quiet spaces!