inexplicable
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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
Months before Chan was arrested, Rachel says she told the nursery manager her son had suddenly started showing signs of inexplicable rage.
From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026
She gets into absurd arguments, bursts into frenzied laughter or inexplicable tears.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 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
It’s one of those inexplicable things, how everything I’ve learned and experienced is brought to bear on the problem.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
Vocabulary lists containing inexplicable
A Christmas Carol
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List 5
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The Scarlet Letter
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