inexplainable

Example Sentences

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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

Inwardly he had wanted to play the game … to get up and play harder than ever … but for some inexplainable reason he could not make himself.

From Over the Line by Sherman, Harold Morrow

The Professor hoped for the best, though he admitted that there was something inexplainable in the business.

From The Land of Mystery by Ellis, Edward Sylvester

For some inexplainable reason the whole idea struck him suddenly as offensive, distinctly offensive, as if Fate, the impatient waiter, had snatched away a yet untasted plate.

From Little Eve Edgarton by Crosby, Raymond Moreau

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.