Sentence examples for thick understanding from inspiring English sources

If we as Christians cannot get this, with our thick understanding of sin, and the way it spills into every inch of our lives, then we are in trouble.

Yet Mr. Huntsman did leave Washington with something that proved valuable when he resettled his family here: a thick Rolodex and a deep understanding of politics.

What Citigroup gets in Orszag is a brilliant policy mind and a deep understanding of government, not to mention a thick rolodex that certainly still has some friendly names on it.

It is only by understanding the thick layers and insulations of the authoritarian state in Syria that an appreciation of its longevity is possible, as well as the likelihood of its collapse.

What humanized Curtiz most was his thick accent and scant understanding of proper English, which often made him incomprehensible on set.

As Tom Friedman suggests, instead of the stress of buckling down to a culture of learning, "stress will be not understanding the thick Chinese accent of our kid's first boss.

Now in my late 40s, I have never had the privilege of knowing my biological parents -- of seeing eyes that look like mine, of uttering "blood is thicker than water" and understanding its meaning.

Despite his caddie's difficulty in understanding Schwartzel's thick Afrikaans accent and the bagman "Edinburgh" Jimmy Rae's Scottish brogue proving equally impenetrable, the pair have struck up an impressive partnership already.

Moreover, Code argues, thick narratives are essential for understanding the very nature of intellectual virtue.

Nevertheless, in "social construction of reality", there is a strong emphasis on thick descriptions and a holistic understanding of the case.

The ethnographic method, with its emphasis on immersion in the research setting enabled us to develop a "thick description" of the cultural understandings of caste, class and gender, and to elicit subtleties of power and resource distribution [ 32].