without rhyme or reason
Example Sentences
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Randomness can refer to an anarchic process which throws up data without rhyme or reason - like the roll of a die or flip of a coin.
From BBC • Dec. 31, 2021
A cast member told us the post-reopening wait times for Smuggler’s Run have been erratic, maxing out at 40 minutes before suddenly dropping to 15 without rhyme or reason.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2021
Dr. Spivak described the reactions as “idiosyncratic,” meaning they strike certain individuals without rhyme or reason, possibly based on unknown genetic traits, and there is no way to predict if someone is susceptible.
From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2021
There’s a plotline buried deep inside Super Smash Bros Brawl, but it makes not a lick of sense, pairing characters without rhyme or reason apart from how their powers might combine most niftily.
From The Guardian • Mar. 30, 2018
Then their way of prattling unceasingly without rhyme or reason, or when both ideas and words fail them of exclaiming, "Oh! oh! oh! yes, indeed!" while stroking their hair!
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 89, May, 1875 by Various
