inscrutability
Example Sentences
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“I had the urge to get up and walk out into the silence,” Mr. Tesson explains with his typical Gallic inscrutability.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025
Greenberg ironically examines the inscrutability of the past, whose main connection to the present may live in the shared vulnerability to “error” — the final word in this gorgeously written play.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2025
The character flaw now lies in those attempting to understand and believe him, not in his inscrutability.
From Slate • Oct. 16, 2024
Hands clasped and knees spread wide, the actor — who has become an avatar of inscrutability during his half-century screen and stage career — seems to be trying to shrink himself down to life-size.
From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2024
“Her much-advertised inscrutability has once more been found to be an illusion.”
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
