Sentence examples for understanding as if from inspiring English sources

Helen Ferris smiled with affectionate understanding, as if his modesty amused her, but there was also something more.

There has been a tacit understanding, as if the seal of the confessional itself applied, that this nearly universal choice to disobey the Church not be spoken of.

Hume, by contrast, is considered a "deep thinker", not one who is content to appeal to common sense or common understanding as if that would answer the most difficult metaphysical questions (AA IV, 260ff).

Does it feel like the two of you have reached a good understanding, as if you've been through the wars but now you are stronger for it?

Is that your understanding as well?

And yet, I've found that expecting everyone to be on the same level of understanding as you, as if you've always been at the level of understanding you're at right now, leads to a permanent disconnect.

But if you're ready for it and if you're understanding as to where she is coming from (insecurity, loneliness, feeling left out, needing to be in control, etc)., you can be compassionate about her actions and detach yourself from her drama.

Maybe he'd be as kind, as supportive of other artists, as understanding as a teacher, if his path had been one of smooth success.

(Here and elsewhere, Mr. Masur's performance lurches too violently from genial to shrill.) Rachel is confused but more understanding, reacting as if Josh had disclosed, say, his homosexuality.

Platforms such as iF, says James, are vital in ensuring that wider understanding of disability trickles down, not only in the theatre but throughout society.

If everything is about misogyny, then it risks becoming as much a hindrance to understanding as a help.