Sentence examples for fathom the idea from inspiring English sources

As traditional Indian parents, they can't fathom the idea of me staying in a hotel!

She still could not quite fathom the idea that the dog's owner had fled the park without reporting the attack.

The broker on the listing, Dolly Lenz of Prudential Douglas Elliman, said that the prince — whose name she declined to disclose — could not fathom the idea that anyone might live above him.

Similarly, Maslow never mentioned parenting as one possible subset of "self-actualization" perhaps because he couldn't fathom the idea of children as "life's work," at least not for the audience of men to whom he seemed to be speaking.

Another classmate, her tone controlled, said, "I wanted to be a junior N.R.A. member . . . but this experience has been so traumatizing to the point where I can't fathom the idea of a gun in my house or on my body".

"I couldn't fathom the idea of these people getting in so much trouble over an old hotel," said Omer Cousineau, 65, a letter carrier in Sharon Springs for 30 years.

So much so, that I cannot even fathom nor understand the idea that you are standing up for yourself.

That Young, until then the least politically minded member of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, could write a political song as powerful as "Ohio" remains hard to fathom, although it does support the idea that, in art, simple outrage surpasses ideology.

It's hard to fathom the widespread acceptance of the idea that as a nation, we must be held hostage by the idea that Iran doesn't fear us enough.

The idea of Fox News without Mr. Ailes is difficult to fathom.

And the idea that the museum could close is hard for Grimm to fathom.