cannot conceive

Frequency: 7.28.5 per million words

Used to express an inability to imagine or understand something.

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Examples (10)

  • I cannot conceive why you paid out so much money.
  • He cannot conceive of a world without the internet.
  • At the time, she could not conceive of a life beyond her small town.
  • Many people cannot conceive how a computer actually works.
  • I simply cannot conceive of the pain they must be going through.
  • As a scientist, I cannot conceive of an effect without a cause.
  • We cannot conceive what challenges the next generation will face.
  • He cannot conceive that his trusted friend would betray him.
  • The manager could not conceive why the project failed so spectacularly.
  • Some people cannot conceive of happiness without wealth.