- plural of why.
whys
Example Sentences
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"Why did no-one tell the young people to get out? Why did the council not make the proper checks? There are too many whys."
From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2026
There were no wheres or whys to what came out of his iPad.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025
So this book goes into all the whys.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2023
Physicists believe that there must have been some primordial imbalance that allowed matter to dominate the universe, yet the hows and whys remain open questions.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 27, 2023
Well, since you’re referring to them as nouns, just follow the normal rules for making nouns into plurals: Ups and downs and ins and outs, Forevers and nevers and whys.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
