Indeed, the man did not appear to understand the word no.

The King, however, appeared to understand our speech well enough.

He was almost enjoying having a woman listen to the story and appear to understand his point of view.

Standing very still before him, the creature appeared to understand his thought.

He never appeared to understand what was happening to him.

Now we have a regime that appears not to understand the role of government at all.

But many in the crowd appeared to understand what the president meant.

He did appear to understand and speak at least some English.

Until recently, the administration did not appear to understand the gravity of the problem.

The Commission appears not to understand this and wants to change our system.