How to Use understanding in a Sentence

understanding

1 of 2 noun
  • She has a basic understanding of the process.
  • I hope to get a clearer understanding of the issues involved.
  • He has a thorough understanding of the subject.
  • We have an understanding that whoever cooks doesn't have to do the dishes.
  • She treats them with kindness and understanding.
  • He seems to have little understanding of our situation.
  • There is no understanding of its cause, and there is no cure.
    — Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2026
  • An understanding that this game is for grown men.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2026
  • That understanding was enough to make my breath catch.
    — Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
  • That’s not my understanding of what the word means.
    — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 24 Feb. 2026
  • But fear is not the same as understanding.
    — Andrew Rasiej, New York Daily News, 22 Mar. 2026
  • My understanding is your plan to launch.
    — James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
  • But an understanding not to let tensions get even worse would be a start.
    — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 15 Nov. 2021
  • People tend to end up at the same place, which is an understanding.
    — Jackie Bryant, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2021
  • My understanding of all of that took a number of years.
    — Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 16 Oct. 2025
  • What is your understanding of the threat level in the days ahead?
    — CBS News, 17 Jan. 2021
  • That gap in understanding has only widened the hole in his heart.
    — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Nov. 2022
  • Riders should have an understanding of what the torque of their e-bike is.
    — Jenna Ryu, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2020
  • And how has your understanding of her changed or grown over two seasons?
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2026
  • But understanding where those scripts came from is the first step to writing new ones.
    — Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Thank you so much for your love and support and understanding.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Thank you so much for your love and support and understanding.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 13 Jan. 2026
  • How has your understanding of the house deepened in your time here?
    — Luke Leitch, Vogue, 2 Mar. 2026
  • They are known to be understanding, loyal and kind when push comes to shove.
    — Lisa Stardust, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • But Salas seems to have a healthy understanding of how that works, too.
    — Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
  • And what sorts of understanding might be gained in fifty thoughtless years?
    — Zach Williams, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2022
  • This is what caused a lot of the trouble in the first place—a lack of understanding of zealotry.
    — Noel Murray, Chron, 10 Apr. 2023
  • There was a clear understanding of who the targets were.
    — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2026
  • So, the picture was fuzzy, to say the least, and left a big hole in our understanding.
    — Paul Sutter, Space.com, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Not guilt, not grief, but understanding.
    — Anna Alejo, CBS News, 11 May 2026

understanding

2 of 2 adjective
  • Be willing to lend a kind ear and be your most understanding self.
    — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Kevin Feige was very understanding, and so was the cast.
    — Arushi Jacob, Variety, 3 May 2026
  • First, though, there has to be more understanding and options.
    — Bill Weir, CNN, 25 July 2021
  • Some people look at us weird or are not always understanding or nice.
    — Julia Sclafani, Daily Pilot, 30 Sep. 2019
  • Through it all, the patients have not always been very understanding.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2022
  • Continue to reach out to your son in a loving and understanding way.
    — cleveland, 6 Feb. 2022
  • If not, widen your circle and talk with other neighbors who may be more understanding.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Also, to the new owners of the babies, who have all been very understanding.
    — People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 22 July 2022
  • My professors are very understanding and know how much Mapis means to me.
    — Jill Griffin, Forbes, 20 June 2022
  • Here are some tips for better understanding how your kid did this school year and how to better support their progress in the fall.
    — Alia Wong, USA TODAY, 12 June 2023
  • Rather than taking offense when people are testy, try soothing words and be more understanding.
    — oregonlive, 6 Aug. 2020
  • And what a lucky little girl to be born into such a loving and understanding family.
    — cleveland, 21 Mar. 2020
  • But one of the good surprising things is that customers can be very understanding and have empathy too.
    — Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 5 May 2022
  • So the pandemic taught me to love people more, to be more up close and personal, and to be more understanding.
    — Darlene Aderoju, Billboard, 14 Feb. 2022
  • The hardest thing for me, working on this project, was understanding dairy production.
    — Noor Brara, Vogue, 15 June 2018
  • People are generally very understanding about the need not to meet in person right now.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2020
  • This is a new Charlotte — a smarter and more understanding Charlotte.
    — Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 20 July 2023
  • Even among understanding friends, language barriers can sometimes get in the way.
    — Ida Lieszkovszky, cleveland.com, 5 Nov. 2017
  • Instead, my friends were super understanding, supportive and felt bad for me.
    — Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2022
  • Come next year, if the Blackhawks are in 30th or 31st place again, fans may not be so understanding.
    — Scott Powers, New York Times, 4 May 2026
  • Looking away is not a strategy for a more inclusive, more just and more understanding nation.
    — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 June 2023
  • Luckily, Sami was very understanding and gave me a lot of guidance.
    — Aliannah Shalikar, oregonlive, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Faulk was remarkably understanding that his show was being cancelled.
    — Oliver Whang, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2025
  • There’s reason to believe that the pandemic may push employers to be more understanding.
    — Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 1 June 2020
  • Your goal here is to listen more, ask the right follow-up questions and be extremely understanding of their frustrations.
    — Expert Panel, Forbes, 15 June 2022
  • This will help get rid of any miscommunication and will allow for a more understanding couple.
    — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 29 Aug. 2019
  • Thank you for your compassionate and understanding response to her letter.
    — Amy Dickinson, chicagotribune.com, 7 Apr. 2018
  • Then, be supportive and understanding during what is really the most challenging time of the year.
    — Diane Kline & Jane Unger, Redbook, 30 Nov. 2012
  • One set is pretty understanding; the other set is extremely right-wing and over-the-top conservative.
    — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 16 Feb. 2022
  • This means understanding ethics, AP style, multimedia, and much more.
    — The Hive, 17 July 2017

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