inexplainable

Example Sentences

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He could not account for it, except as he accounted for all inexplainable things, as being the direct prompting of the Great Spirit.

From Camp-fire and Wigwam by Ellis, Edward Sylvester

On an afternoon three weeks after Beryl's sudden and inexplainable departure, the drowsy quiet of the old Manor was broken by a shrill voice lifted in frenzied protest against Harkness' deeper tones.

From Red-Robin by Richards, Harriet Roosevelt

MacNair did not know why, but in some inexplainable manner the memory of that look eased many a weary mile.

From The Gun-Brand by Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)

Sedgwick was wildly smitten, himself, but he kept his wits about him enough to watch and try to fathom what in the bearing of the old men for some inexplainable reason disturbed him.

From The Wedge of Gold by Goodwin, C. C.

For some inexplainable reason, he seemed to hold all the rest of the crowd responsible for the catastrophe, but was wildly devoted to me.

From The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business by Abbott, Eleanor Hallowell