for some reason

Example Sentences

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The idea that millions — tens of millions — of people don’t want to do that for some reason makes no sense at all.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

I’d been invisible but for some reason I went up and changed the M to a P. All the kids laughed, including Ms. Mills.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Drake, who just dropped three albums on a single day for some reason, has plenty of fans compared to Salieri, who never attained Mozart’s notoriety.

From Salon • May 16, 2026

Jordan said almost as soon they arrived, one of them, Will, who was dressed as rapper Soulja Boy "but had a gun for some reason", came up to him to ask about his costume.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Mizuho Financial Group, for some reason that would remain known only to itself, set itself up as a clever trader of U.S. subprime bonds, and took $1 billion in subprime-backed CDOs off Morgan Stanley’s hands.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis