Sentence examples for understood the question from inspiring English sources

I understood the question – but the answer?

I wasn't quite sure I'd understood the question correctly.

As he well understood, the question raised momentous issues.

Someone asked Erik the time and he barely understood the question.

He understood the question but decided to have a little fun.

He's a bright kid, but I'm not sure he understood the question.

To be honest, I'm not sure I really understood the question, let alone had any idea of the answer.

On one side the responses were a bit dull, they understood the question but wanted to know why I asked?

Mr. Romney and his aides quickly corrected his remarks, saying he strongly supports the Senate amendment, and had not properly understood the question.

When a journalist mentioned Montesquieu, the prime minister answered with a brief tutorial on democratic accountability, and then disarmingly added: "But I don't think I understood the question".

"Why did you come down — come back?" he says to Maman, searching my face to see whether I've understood the question.