unaccountably

Example Sentences

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The sportswriters who selected the members of the Baseball Hall of Fame unaccountably shunned him too; Klein got less than 3% of the vote in 1948, his first year of eligibility.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

As Franny Forst, unaccountably married to the Corporation, Isabella Rosselini provides in her person the argument for aging gracefully.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026

“Obsequious, oversized and unaccountably frightening” declared the Washington Post’s critic Sebastian Smee.

From Salon • May 17, 2024

“Sometimes even the meanest cartoonists are unaccountably decorated for their work,” it said.

From New York Times • Apr. 13, 2024

People who noticed the man Jack when he was about his business—and he did not like to be noticed—were troubled, or made uncomfortable, or found themselves unaccountably scared.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman