inscrutable

Example Sentences

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Melania, the documentary about the First Lady, is a lot like its subject: extremely expensive and fundamentally inscrutable.

From Slate • Feb. 3, 2026

Though the diary entry concedes that Mansfield was “so intelligent & inscrutable that she repays friendship,” the two women wouldn’t become friends.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Pegula described the inscrutable Rybakina as "cool as a cucumber".

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

There’s a stilted quality to the conversation as they discuss their eccentric, inscrutable dad.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2025

This ghost had been summoned not by Lola imitating Hermione, or the inscrutable twins disappearing into the night.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan