We found 10 examples of how to use gist in an English sentence.
Sentences 1 to 10 of 10.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | I got the gist of what he was saying. | |
| 2. | Advanced learners of a language would usually get the gist but not the quirks. | |
| 3. | Tom only got the gist of what Mary was saying. | |
| 4. | In reality, the explanation is a bit more complicated than this, but you get the gist. | |
| 5. | Nobody will say it so bluntly, but that is the gist of it. | |
| 6. | Give me the gist. | |
| 7. | The gist of the Nuremberg trials is that if you don't punch Nazis, you're as bad as they are. | |
| 8. | Did I understand the gist of the question correctly? | |
| 9. | It's hard to understand Tom's linguistic terms, but I get the gist of his argument. | |
| 10. | "Hey, Dennis, I have a stack of Chinese comics I bought off a street vendor." "Can you read them, Marko?" "I know some characters. I sort of get the gist of the stories." |