Sentence examples for only half understanding from inspiring English sources

It tells the story of Joe Alston, a retired literary agent who feels that "he has gone downstream like a stick, getting hung up in eddies and getting flushed out again, only half understanding what he floated past, and understanding less with every year.

Before, it had been Richard's wife who played intermediary; now it was Richard who phoned in the excuses for the boys; Richard who attended the parent-teacher conferences, too, Bonita sitting beside him nodding, listening but only half-understanding what was being carefully noted about her son.

Only by understanding why Adam Lanza wished to die can we understand why he killed.

Only by understanding such functions and interrelations, he held, can an anthropologist understand a culture.

"Only by understanding the errors of the past can we do better in the present".

Only by understanding this elegant, deceitful, unpredictable and organic process can we hope to counter it.

But now most of our manufacturing occurs elsewhere, which only complicates understanding this un-virtuous circle.

"I don't deserve your forgiveness at this time," he added, asking only for understanding.

But only by understanding the entire program can one grasp Uganda's success and build models for other countries.

Only by understanding these ties and then using them to its advantage will the coalition authority reduce the resistance.

"I'm only now understanding exactly how crazy his death made me, but it really made me crazy".