How To Use Understandable In A Sentence

But there was understandable outrage when sundry fund managers and regional stockbrokers were confronted with the hat. Times, Sunday Times
Sadly, I must concede, that it was an understandable response in that milieu.
It's unavoidable, understandable, and perfectly forgivable under the circumstances.
It was an understandable mistake when the request was made by phone.
The media's fixation with what happens next was completely understandable.

Third, "patronizing" is an understandable complaint but I do have honest respect and admiration for most people at TT. A Pat on the Back for Matzke
Even though this denial has to some extent to do with Habermas’s understandable fight with the ghost of Heidegger, he seems now to turn this into a new orthodoxy, thereby showing how critical theory is incapable of critiquing its very foundational presuppositions such as valorization of rational argumentations, performative competence, validity claims and linguistic intersubjectivity instead of emotional intersubjectivity Craib, 1998. Jürgen Habermas, Sri Aurobindo and Beyond
Worries about cutbacks in government spending are understandable. Times, Sunday Times
His fierce loyalty to his lead actor is understandable. Times, Sunday Times
Their refusal to cooperate is perfectly/completely understandable, considering the circumstances.
In a bizarre but later understandable chain of events, an incident happened in seconds that ruined the lives of four men and ended that of a fifth.
Investors feeling uninspired is understandable - to a point - but it feels overdone. Times, Sunday Times
Understandable, but your example seems disanalogous to the present situation. "'I guess it depends on what the meaning of the word "is" is,' observed one of the justices, a sly reference to Starr’s previous job."
Tennessee fans are up in arms over the decommit, which is understandable. Undefined
For understandable reasons we prefer to think of ourselves as rational agents who live meaningful lives rather than as muddled actors in a theatre of the absurd.
That was understandable; it was in a military court at the Royal Air Force base in Uxbridge, Middlesex, in an airless room with a judge sitting at a table at one end of the room, and a gaggle of journalists sitting at the other.
This messy business took place less than a year ago so bitterness is understandable. The Sun
Look, no one begrudges you your right to write books, peddle gossip or make money, which given the way your boss treats you, is understandable.
The latter state of mind seemed totally understandable given his isolated existence.
If those accusations were levelled at the other councillor it would be understandable.
Whether it's millions, billions, trillions or bajillions, the dollar figures are so obscenely high that they no longer have any real understandable value.
Much of the hostility towards civilization felt by people in the suppressed classes is understandable.
Decades later, these riots generally came to be seen as understandable upsurges against suffering.
It is understandable to feel overwhelmed in social situations - a convivial atmosphere is so at odds with how you feel. Times, Sunday Times
The pride she feels in what she is doing, while understandable, is borderline smug.
British showjumping team manager Rob Hoekstra said: It's disappointing but understandable to lose horses in this way. Great Britain showjumping team loses third horse for London Olympics
While likely futile, the effort to stop showrooming is an understandable if sometimes unsubtle reaction to fears of death by a billion clicks.
The manual could use a through rewrite, reorganization, and editing to make the English understandable, but who reads the manual anyway?
Given the difficulty of engaging the production economies of the mainstream popular culture, not to mention the lowish aspirations for humankind often conveyed in the wares offered by the aggressively Accessible mass culture, anyone's decision to enlist in the smaller and more specialized realm of art is understandable. Bettina Korek: David Robbins Talks High Entertainment
There he made statements, which have raised a massive and understandable outcry in the Italian press.
In part, his concern was quite understandable. The Sun
Business customers are always slow in upgrading, for obvious and understandable reasons.
Another reader (I lost his name, sorry!) has reduced retrophrenology to understandable terms.
He has his reasons and they are understandable.
Every past or present Israeli transgression is evidence of its wickedness, whereas Arab ones, if they are acknowledged at all, are “understandable.” Think Progress » Gingrich: ‘This Is, In Fact, World War III’ And The U.S. ‘Ought To Be Helping’
Overall this book is a wealth of information in a compact, easily understandable form.
Their philosophy may have seemed reckless and naive but, given the nature of the marketplace, it was understandable.
Which is understandable, but a touch of balance would make him sound a tad more professional and perhaps make it possible to listen to him without cringing.
Often this is quite understandable as one interview follows another in what may be a period of days spent interviewing. How to Face Interviews
Most political biopics depict the personal life of the main figure while flattening out the historical details in order to make them more understandable, or palatable.
Russia's fears are understandable but they might take some comfort that they are shared by the US negotiators.
On the other there is an understandable feeling that youths who commit serious crimes should be punished. Times, Sunday Times
This unremitting focus on just one race participant is understandable, but the hint of Schadenfreude in the tone was unmistakable.
The emotional drive behind the anti-chain crusade is an understandable mistrust of big corporations allied with the knee-jerk snobbery that is never far from the surface in American cultural life. Two—Make That Three—Cheers for the Chain Bookstores
They hate her for understandable reasons: she has all but destroyed their cause.
But the foreman of the jury insisted that the verdict was understandable on the basis of medical expert evidence presented. Times, Sunday Times
Sonically, the Dolby Digital Stereo does a wonderful job of keeping the video game like music in perfect sync with the surroundings and all the voices are pristine and understandable.
Although she wanted to break up with him a long time ago, she is really hurt and heartbroken which is understandable.
Would understandable early caution have given way to a more expansive style? Times, Sunday Times
This shared antipathy towards gambling was entirely understandable. Times, Sunday Times
With so many details to remember, it is understandable that many birders are intimidated by this accipitrine affinity.
One Word, Fanboys, they have compiled a list containing every comic book movie even remotely considered good, batman begins, 300, vfor vendetta, x-men and The dark knight is understandable, they should by all means be in a great movies list but spider-man and superman returns, come on. Empire Magazine’s 500 Greatest Movies Of All Time | /Film
Science Fiction, by it's very name, implies a fictive universe within an understandable scientific framework.
And it's perfectly understandable why he would want to choose someone of compatible political views to be his confidential assistant.
In a way it was understandable. The Sun
Some of the questions were understandable, but others were downright spoony.
If this were a book uniquely on the spiritual disciplines, this would be an understandable minimization.
Warning notices must be readily understandable.
In the Bush adminisration, the Attorney General was the consigilere and the executive branch was immune from accountability to the legilsative and judicial branches or constitutional constraints, so Cheney's confusion is understandable. Cheney wrong on interrogation inquiry facts, Obama official says
The mixture of fear and exhilaration he feels when passing through a police roadblock isn't logical, but it is completely understandable.
Given the continuing media interest in the aftermath of the escape and its attendant publicity their caution was to some extent understandable. The Prisons We Deserve
Of course, I didn't stop listening to American music, but it was true that, after grunge, this new literate, articulate and understandable music was welcome.
It was, of course, an innocent mistake, perhaps understandable at the end of what has been a giddying week.
This reaction was entirely predictable and understandable, albeit a bit extreme.
We have the opportunity to harness the potential of new science and technology for the good of all but there is understandable public unease about the rapid introduction of new technologies and their regulation.
It is only understandable that, in straitened circumstances, people hug the thought that charity begins at home. Times, Sunday Times
This results in understandable apprehension from the uninformed masses.
On the other hand, expressions must have a minimal formality in order to be understandable at all.
It is quite understandable then that he is able to get home a great deal earlier than expected.
The bearded Dominican priest, who's based at St Mary's in Tallaght, Dublin, believes articles should be brief, all-encompassing and understandable to a 12-year-old.
It's understandable that you have such faith in destiny, because that relieves you of any responsibility for searching for a good mate and actually testing how attractive you are inside and out.
It is understandable that businesses want to provide best value and have a cost-effective system.
So taking the creationist line or hesitating is a very understandable reaction for a practical politician. Matthew Yglesias » Evolution
We need some form of coordination between all parties involved in such events to ensure that the public is getting reasonable information in an understandable format.
This is understandable, since it is indeed the goal of hacktivists to identify their acts as such, just like criminal activity is defined so upon the very nature of goals aimed or achieved.
The only reason that Clinton’s understandable (but not excusable) lying to strangers about an affair would be disqualifying is if it lead you to believe he was not trustworthy in public life. The Volokh Conspiracy » The Short List
The new software is a multimedia environment with a simple, understandable tool palette and easily manipulated views of related drawings, documents, and data.
Well, between Enstrom's lying in testimony--making irritation with him, well, a little more understandable at least--and this silly presumptuousness from Rep. Kevin Priola audio above against a Mesa State employee solely on the basis of his union membership, we're guessing that Republicans won't make that complaint again. So Much for "Respecting Witnesses"
The appeal to programmers of a doctor-and-copper combination is understandable, and Berry and Cusack make an engaging enough couple.
With reporters building entire edifices of Palin speculation based on Runner's World photos of Palin preparing to run (quickly ambulate, that is, rather than pursue political office) and amidst the flurry of liberal talk show jokes deriding Palin's intelligence it's understandable that many Americans who might not support Sarah Palin's political views are nonetheless coming to see Palin as a victim. Bruce Wilson: Palin Says She'll Stump for Democrats, Hints at Third Party
These experiences are turned into snapshots of worlds that are normally utterly alien to the West, yet become entirely understandable with Kapuscinski as guide.
So their names and superb acting have probably overcome understandable ignorance about the subject matter. Times, Sunday Times
It was understandable that something was done. Times, Sunday Times
Mr. Fitzpatrick said Mr. Grassley's scrutiny, which he described as understandable given the attention paid to potential conflicts of interest in medicine, had led his organization to begin posting on its Web site the names of companies that donate $5,000 or more. Undefined
I think it's a stain on his integrity, but an understandable one.
Such a reaction was perhaps understandable in the heat of the moment.
Stung by his reproach, she counters by reminding him that her lack of ardor is understandable given their night of lovemaking.
She gave me completely understandable reasons for her words, her actions and her choices.
Public cynicism about change is understandable. Times, Sunday Times
Well that is understandable, they could all be Godless Heathen or veign spoiled brats with no tallent. Regretsy – Heidi = Ho
Barring martial arts kit such as nunchakus, throwing stars and kubotans is understandable.
I attribute that to jitters, which is certainly understandable, given the anticipation that surrounded this showdown. Michael Smerconish: The Debate is Over: Santorum for Pennsylvania
What he does grasp and very much wants to convey is that Ed Lazar was someone special. "He was not your average C.P.A., " he writes with a son's understandable pride.
The trans-Atlantic paradigms of the 20th century became inadequate, but an understandable desire to cling to them persisted in Germany.
There is something crackling in the dead air, if not hostility then maybe her quite understandable boredom at having to play show pony. Times, Sunday Times
He is a Marine, so it is understandable that he thinks in terms of war when someone knocks down our buildings and perforates his headquarters. Terrorism and Islam and Our Response
Her surprise and delight were entirely understandable. Times, Sunday Times
On the other there is an understandable feeling that youths who commit serious crimes should be punished. Times, Sunday Times
The horror of rootlessness in post-war Europe was understandable, but it needs revaluation in a multicultural age of out-of-body electronic experiences.
It was an entirely understandable sentiment. Times, Sunday Times
This is understandable but in the long term it is a serious mistake.
That is not a childish or immature need, but understandable and universally experienced as we try to cope with life's difficulties. Know Your Own Mind
In fact, his list of credits is so extensive, it is understandable that an employer might overlook one glaring omission.
The lyrics - slightly surreal sometimes - are suitably uncontrived, simplistic and understandable.
I suppose it's understandable, but I feel most comfortable with the wives of the American legation. THE AMBASSADOR'S WOMEN
The cancellation of flights is perhaps understandable at an airport running with no spare capacity. The Sun
That's understandable: Jobs was an iconic iconoclast who thrived as a businessman and as the envy of his field.
Your vagueness, however, is understandable given the present state of affairs for the mass of the population.
The renewed preoccupation with design is understandable, given a little history.
Their attitude is perfectly understandable .
This is understandable when you think we are less than a month away from the new consoles. The Sun
The prefix fi - adds the idea of shamefulness to what follows, thus producing this easily understandable result, synonymous with the more usual Esperanto term bordel (o). VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VII No 3
Warning notices must be readily understandable.
The children themselves kept a respectful distance, which is perfectly understandable.
In that frame of mind, let's rank the recent American politician sex scandals from scuzziest to most understandable. Blogposts | guardian.co.uk
Computers are much better at talking than listening; synthesized or prerecorded speech is quite understandable, even in cars.
The West's failure to seek authorisation from the council for military action was understandable but serious.
That it has almost no other credible figures nor real policies, beyond the understandable rejection of Europe and uncontrolled immigration. The Sun
This messy business took place less than a year ago so bitterness is understandable. The Sun
Complex measures can not readily be turned into simply stated, understandable ballot blurbs.
The job of the historian is to try to figure out what was happening and try to develop an understandable picture. Matthew Yglesias » The Strange Case of Woodrow Wilson
So it is understandable that Mr Cameron decided to adopt the high-risk strategy of moving the debate to Monday and imposing a must-obey three-line whip. EU referendum: party poopers | Editorial
Analysis of results was extremely rigorous, and the dissertation was also noteworthy for its clarity of presentation, with complex results presented in a logical and understandable manner.
She feels that hypervigilance is understandable when social workers are under such pressure to get things right. Times, Sunday Times
Some of the more technical errors, like confusing ‘bottomry’ loans (on ships) with ‘respondentia’ loans (on cargo), would perhaps be partially understandable were not the author a legal scholar.
The dialogue wavers from understandable to indecipherable, and there is very little depth or flavor to the recording.
That was understandable enough in a lover of good horseflesh, for the roan was a handsome animal and clearly from stock of excellent quality. The Hermit of Eyton Forest
It was an elementary error but perhaps an understandable one after eight hours at the crease. The Sun
Billy Kirkwood's first words in his post-match press conference were unrepeatable, if understandable.
The first set had, like, three cuts, but since Paramount had to clear all of the Frank Zappa stuff in addition to the music they did retain, that's kind of forgivable and understandable. Duck-Cuts
He glanced down at his recorder, switched on the comunit, arranged the recording equipment to the speed necessary to slow the Ryxi speech pattern into understandable tones for later review. Cattle Town
It is understandable that parents are angry, and looking for someone to blame.
Robson is an amicable bloke with a marvellous CV and his bitterness at being shown the door was as obvious as it was understandable.
While one time is inexusable but understandable, the same occurance happening at teh same school within five years is more than a "recordkeeping" issue, it is a leadership issue. Graduated in Error?
I will say that in some places the eggpant-tahini dip is called baba ganoush and in some places it's called moutabbal, so confusion is understandable. Hummus Dilettante
He said he could never condone her reaction but her emotions were understandable.
Even the Cardinal himself, despite his very understandable diffidence, would not deny that. PROSECUTOR
I remember being at an informal group watching Konrad answer a young schoolchild's question in simple understandable words and then turn to another person in the group who had advanced degree in astronautics and answer a complex theoretical question just as clearly after a breif moment of thought. Konrad Dannenberg - NASA Watch
We went into the game with just one friendly behind us so it was understandable that we were a bit rusty. The Sun
Let's see dum dums, if the mas was a political candidate for public office then it is understandable how the media would identify him as a politician. Alger among Katrina honorees in Biloxi
Roger Neuberg writes in a simple and understandable way.
Her deception of Tian Tian is understandable enough from the fleshly point of view: The spirit was willing, but, oh, the flesh is not.
LEWINSKY: ... it was rescinded, which is understandable. CNN Transcript Feb 28, 2002
This interpretation is perfectly understandable and defensible from a moral and emotional standpoint.
Something like "The cippus which is before you was made for ..." would be understandable but why not just "This cippus ... Ipa ama hen
Loyalty cards, just like the old Green Shield stamps and the co-op divi are understandable but why, oh why, are these stores issuing credit and debit cards?
Such high-minded scorn for the '90s and the general affluence and calm they represented is an eminently understandable sentiment.
Since this stand-off is logically insoluble, despair is indeed understandable.
Tebby and he had met in a mental hospital previously and had stayed together ever since, despite being a poor coper which is understandable.
As with anti-colonial struggles, the case for a “national liberation movement” is emotionally compelling and psychologically understandable from a Jewish point of view. Matthew Yglesias » Israeli Officials Think Road to Peace Runs Through Teheran
Often this is quite understandable as one interview follows another in what may be a period of days spent interviewing. How to Face Interviews
The strategy seeks to improve accessibility through utilising WCAG 2. 0's stipulatation that content should be 'perceivable', 'operable', 'understandable' and 'robust'. Computerworld News
Reich-Ranicki began his career as literary critic in West Germany, where his colleagues in the leading feuilleton sections tended to write in an academic, dry, moralising tone understandable only to their peers.
She is able to explain the more arcane bits of theology in a very clear and understandable way.
All very understandable, but the effect on the impressionable minds of our intellectual class has been deleterious.
The disappointment felt by Bradford people who are having a long wait for a digital hearing aid is understandable enough.
In our understandable anger at the disgraceful and sickening behaviour of a small number of miscreants, we must not abandon norms of fairness and justice.
Perhaps it's just your protective Saints fatalism, which is perfectly understandable, but I think both national AND local sports media is underestimating how good this New Orleans team is going to be. Archive 2007-01-01
The Revolution was an explosion of popular violence, understandable if scarcely defensible resentment.
Obama's rejection of another debate is perfectly understandable to all, but I think Gary Cohen's blog calling for a more proactive Obama on other hot news issues would help him grab that damned batton away from her. Hillary Challenging Obama To Free-Form Debates
At Monticello he grew endless varieties of apples and grapes and flowers, so his use of gardening imagery is understandable.
Since the vogue for chinoiserie included keeping exotic animals, the manufacture of porcelain animals is understandable.
This reaction is quite understandable. Times, Sunday Times
The abundance of figures, tables, charts, and examples help make the research results more understandable.
While it is understandable that a lot of people don't have the time or resources to spend on glamming up, occasionally it's fun to make a bit of an effort.
Given these circumstances, Lorenzo's rhyming reproach to his Yankee public, if ungracious, is surely understandable.
Complex measures can not readily be turned into simply stated, understandable ballot blurbs.
An in-class semantic (referring to the meaning of words) or verbal paraphasia is a word usage that, although imprecise, remains understandable because the approximate word or phrase relates to some characteristic of the precise word (e.g., its basic function or class). The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry
It is understandable that criminals are sometimes used to round up dangerous lawbreakers for national security and public safety.
It is understandable that businesses have now focused their attention on the short-term economic situation. Times, Sunday Times
Some delay in assessing complex claims and establishing facts is understandable.
The abundance of figures, tables, charts, and examples help make the research results more understandable.
Perhaps they were at the receiving end of an adult losing control and have therefore grown up with an understandable terror of anger. 50 Ways to Become a Self-Confident Woman
The author's text, which includes brief synopses of the specific battles, makes the paintings all the more interesting and understandable.
It is understandable that there has been a backlash against recent trends in policy. Times, Sunday Times
That is not a childish or immature need, but understandable and universally experienced as we try to cope with life's difficulties. Know Your Own Mind
Given the situation, her behaviour was perfectly understandable. Superdog! Action plans that work for a happy and well-behaved pet
There was therefore an understandable reluctance to undertake regularly long voyages to windward in rough weather.
That economic historians hate social constructionism is perhaps understandable; that they refuse to acknowledge its existence or address any of the objections it raises, less so.
Such a reaction is both natural and understandable: the Constitution does exhibit those very characteristics.
Their bitterness then, is understandable and not altogether unfounded.
This existing mindset is narrow, but perhaps at this point, this is understandable, given the previous situation and intimidation.
One of the large problems that besets the information security practice is an understandable reticence among the victims of cyberattacks to come forward and share the experience with the rest of us.
This sort of syntax is understandable coming from a first - or second-grader, but from a 17-year-old it is downright appalling, Riley said. Matthew Yglesias » The Bush Family Stamping on a Human Face Forever
They did not choose to exercise that option, for understandable reasons.
As much of his story as I know is set out in the long inscription on their splendid headstone, and for understandable reasons Aunt Jean, who throughout her life kept in touch with the Macklin family in England, held onto this charming carte de visite photograph. Thor
The shock and dissociative psychological trauma she goes through is understandable once the full magnitude of her situation is revealed.
The argument is understandable yet unduly simple. Times, Sunday Times
As it is, monstrous ingratitude is the societally approved stance towards the U.S. — understandable given the prevalence of grandmothers who serviced G. I.s, but still ... One Korea?
There is considerable sympathy for members of the public who commit some minor infringement under circumstances which are considered justifiable and understandable.
The difference between an understandable legislative process and despotism is transparency. Matthew Yglesias » How a Self-Executing Rule Works
It is understandable that you find it hard to forgive or be reconciled with the church. Times, Sunday Times
He takes understandable pleasure in besting his brother on the polo field and on the ski slopes.
If her husband could say something so directly understandable, he'd walk the next election. The Sun
We would also particularly encourage a move to make all sentencing simpler and understandable. Times, Sunday Times
This is understandable given the prominence of monetary policy in macroeconomic management.
Van Horn joked him in understandable terms about the latest wives he had added to his harem and what price he had paid for them in pigs. CHAPTER IX
It was once attributed to Guercino, which is understandable since the type of the bearded and turbaned king, his gentle solicitude, the discreet radiance and the soft glow on the faces are reminiscent of that artist's quieter late works.
Providing an explanation of behavior in terms of understandable epistemological conditions or causes subtly strives to exculpate the agent.
Yet, we have never had, nor do we have now, any conclusive proof that the universe is humanly understandable in the first place, much less representable in some reductivist symbology of mathematics or any other language for that matter.

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