inscrutable

Example Sentences

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Pegula described the inscrutable Rybakina as "cool as a cucumber".

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

Although Leo is more inscrutable than Francis, Catholics are beginning to get a better sense of the man beneath the cassock.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

Ramsey scored both goals in an impressive 2-0 victory to seal automatic qualification, and the euphoric scenes at Cardiff City Stadium moved the usually inscrutable Giggs to tears.

From BBC • Nov. 17, 2025

The limits of human understanding are probed as a sacrificial figure challenges the inscrutable order of the universe.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2025

If Washington was the epitome of the virtuous leader who subordinated personal interest to the public good, Burr was a kind of anti-Washington, who manipulated the public interest for his own inscrutable purposes.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis