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.