whys

Example Sentences

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“Why’s he so obsessed with me?” he said Wednesday in an Instagram post — an example of how Garcia often uses pop culture to communicate to a more general audience.

From Los Angeles Times

"The track was shut and a bit more track was shut and as a parent you're obviously thinking 'where's my child, why's the track shut'," he said.

From BBC

“Why’s that stuff burn so bad when it hits your skin?” he asked.

From Los Angeles Times

“Why’s that?” a special agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives asked.

From Los Angeles Times

Palming her own camera, Pelosi fires away why’s and what’s-your-deal’s to her polite subjects: a genial former wrestler; a military man who shares a love of wine with his husband; a family guy with a “Proud Boy” forehead tattoo and a rabble-rousing hit rap song; and a practitioner of parkour who apparently learned about some kind of war in 1776 from a Trump speech.

From New York Times