inscrutability

Example Sentences

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“I had the urge to get up and walk out into the silence,” Mr. Tesson explains with his typical Gallic inscrutability.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

The character flaw now lies in those attempting to understand and believe him, not in his inscrutability.

From Slate • Oct. 16, 2024

There are mysteries — plenty of them, piling enigma on top of inscrutability — but no secrets.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2024

Mr. Serra’s most celebrated works had some of the scale of ancient temples or sacred sites and the inscrutability of landmarks like Stonehenge.

From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2024

“Her much-advertised inscrutability has once more been found to be an illusion.”

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee