- plural of why.
whys
Example Sentences
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"Why did no-one tell the young people to get out? Why did the council not make the proper checks? There are too many whys."
From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2026
At least some of the whys of cheating can be tamped down, resulting in less cheating, Pope said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2025
So this book goes into all the whys.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2023
Physicists believe that there must have been some primordial imbalance that allowed matter to dominate the universe, yet the hows and whys remain open questions.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 27, 2023
“What you should know is that I’m concerned. Knowing what I was like at your age, I’m real curious about the whys of the trouble you been in.”
From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone
