inexplainable

Example Sentences

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She felt glad that he was behind her, in a vague, impersonal, thoroughly inexplainable way.

From The Blood Red Dawn by Dobie, Charles Caldwell

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

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

Nature and supernature cross in de l'Isle Adam's mystical drama Axël a play which will never hold the stage, masterly attempt as it is to dramatise the inexplainable mystery.

From The Haunters & The Haunted Ghost Stories And Tales Of The Supernatural by Rhys, Ernest

The rider himself after a time becomes infected with this inexplainable desperation of terror, and I suppose I must have done so; but for a time I kept the upper hand.

From The Open Door, and the Portrait. Stories of the Seen and the Unseen. by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)