inexplicable

Example Sentences

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"All indications were that this happened, but it did not, and that is inexplicable", he said.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Rosa Padhilete, a Franciscan nun who came from Naples, said she felt an "immense, inexplicable joy" seeing the remains.

From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026

For a confused college football fan trying to explain the inexplicable, there is a common thread running through all of the weekend’s upsets: the transfer portal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

Today, I bring your attention to the Colorado Supreme Court, which this month reaffirmed an inexplicable quirk of its excessive sentencing jurisprudence that preemptively extinguishes constitutional rights for entire categories of people.

From Slate • Dec. 29, 2025

Throughout the day, except for the strange companionship of the voices, she was alone, but in some inexplicable way she felt sure that with the coming of the night her husband would be with her.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton