inexplainable

Example Sentences

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Inwardly he had wanted to play the game … to get up and play harder than ever … but for some inexplainable reason he could not make himself.

From Over the Line by Sherman, Harold Morrow

It may be said that the most intelligent are not entirely devoid of the feeling of fear at inexplainable noises.

From The Wonder Island Boys: Treasures of the Island by Finlay, Roger Thompson

How they thought they could escape is inexplainable.

From The Khaki Boys over the Top Doing and Daring for Uncle Sam by Bates, Gordon

For some inexplainable reason, at that particular moment, almost nothing in the world could have irritated the Senior Surgeon more keenly than to be invited to his own supper,—in his own house,—by a stranger.

From The White Linen Nurse by Abbott, Eleanor Hallowell

On the surface, the announcement appeared significant, but the girl's boldness in coming to her for news was inexplainable to Evelyn.

From Vane of the Timberlands by Bindloss, Harold