Sentence examples for understandable in context from inspiring English sources

Their concern is understandable in context.

Although most of the slang and idiomatic expressions are understandable in context, one suspects that a bit of the force of Chávez's macha, mile-a-minute writing style is lost in translation.

There is something quite reckless about that sentence, and yet it is perfectly understandable in context - it comes late in the novel, when we know that not only is Edward's end to be tragic, but also that the downward path to it is painful and pathetic.

It's disconcerting, although perhaps understandable in that context, that so many people would be the victim of a rumor so patently and obviously without merit".

Lassalle in particular was distinguished by his charismatic personality and his paternalist notions of democracy, which were understandable in the context of Germany's largely politically apathetic population.

In that moment, individuals were caught up in events beyond their control, making decisions that were sometimes violent and sometimes honorable, but always understandable in the context of that time and place.

This shame is understandable in the context of the cold war, when the Soviet bloc countries over which the west, with considerable justification, asserted its moral superiority, kept so much secret from their own peoples.

The "anti-elite" message of the most radical elements of Podemos in Spain and of Greece's Syriza movement may have attractive elements – understandable in the context of economic austerity, high unemployment and deep frustration among many young people.

The voices of forgiveness at Dylann Roof's hearing struck d'Baha as understandable in the context of the black church and the legacy of civil-rights-era thinking but, at the same time, as a form of political masochism.

While NARAL's reaction is understandable in the context of our lazy liberal/conservative political binary, the pope is merely reflecting Catholic social teaching's long-standing commitment to a consistent ethic of life which transcends simplistic American politics.

According to the official Turkish version, perhaps 500,000 Armenians died, some while fighting alongside invading Russians against Ottoman forces and others as a regrettable side-effect of deportations that were understandable in the context of the times.