When it was built eight hundred years ago, it must have defied comprehension.

The data gathered on this page suggest that, viewed through any kind of statistical lens, the horror almost defies comprehension.

The numbers were so far removed from her experience as to defy comprehension.

Eisenman has defined his position in theoretical, abstract and academic terms that defy comprehension by a general audience.

It is an episode that still defies comprehension.

Discriminatory or not, Nassau's assessment system seems to defy comprehension.

All the buildings seemed connected, the city organic in some way that defied comprehension.

The challenges of the job almost defy comprehension.

And for the few developments that were not impossible, such as airplanes, the sheer scale of their eventual use would have defied comprehension.

Carved into its metallic surface were unusual engravings that at first defied comprehension.