How to Use explanation in a Sentence

explanation

noun

• The professor's explanation was that the poem is really a parody.
• Some did suggest spying might be involved, but that too seemed a strange explanation.
  — Andrew Raine, CNN, 17 Feb. 2023
• The Green explanation: getting under his desk to pray for help.
  — Forbes Wealth Team, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2023
• The White House wasn’t buying Scott’s explanation, though.
  — Kevin Freking, ajc, 17 Feb. 2023
• The most obvious explanation for this impression is that the press corps is mostly made up of liberals.
  — Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024
• That was very unexpected, and at present, there are no hydrodynamic explanations.
  — New Atlas, 11 Oct. 2024
• One explanation: Wales is both poorer and has the oldest population in the U.K.
  — David Luhnow, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2023
• After shooting a three-over-par 74 that put him at one over for the tournament — just good enough to make the cut — Woods issued an apology and quasi-explanation.
  — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2023
• At least a more plausible explanation than extraterrestrials.
  — Mick West, Scientific American, 16 Feb. 2023
• The first explanation holds that the cascade is in the eye of the beholder.
  — Paul Poast, The Atlantic, 17 Nov. 2023
• For a full explanation of the Schofield saga, click here.
  — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 9 Aug. 2023
• The lab explanation did note that the IOM's cutoff was 20.
  — Christie Aschwanden, Scientific American, 19 Dec. 2023
• In the middle of a long, complex explanation on a Rashi on the parshah, the Rebbe paused and searched the crowd.
  — Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Jacobson, Sun Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2024
• But it was pulled at the last minute with no explanation.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 30 Apr. 2023
• With that in mind, here’s a look at why the league altered the kickoff rule, an explanation of it and what else to know.
  — Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2024
• The lower the concentration of Jews in an area, the longer the explanations.
  — David Harsanyi, National Review, 27 Apr. 2023
• The shorter explanation is simply that the crystals look cool… up to a point.
  — Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Dec. 2023
• Their pride hurt, the twins look for a gendered explanation.
  — Jennifer Wilson, The New Republic, 8 May 2023
• And there is a honking good explanation: All their geese are dead.
  — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 19 July 2024
• The explanation for these rulings is not to be found in anything in the law; it can only be explained by who is on the Supreme Court.
  — Erwin Chemerinsky, The Mercury News, 5 July 2024
• Palmer cuts in and presses Devin for a little more of an explanation.
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 4 Sep. 2024
• But if that’s true, what is the explanation for every single woman who graces the YWLS stage?
  — Laura Jedeed, The New Republic, 13 June 2023
• One explanation is that initial jobless claims tend to be volatile from week to week.
  — Akane Otani, WSJ, 10 June 2023
• Gibson heard one explanation, a tale as old as the South: a Black boy said something to a white girl, which angered her boyfriend.
  — Robert Samuels, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2023
• All the ups and downs and periods of mania had an explanation.
  — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Apr. 2024
• Four days after the shooting, Tex had an explanation in a statement made through a spokesman.
  — Maureen Maher, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2024
• And Perez feels there has still been no explanation for why he was treated so badly.
  — Rachel Clarke, CNN, 6 Sep. 2024
• Chicago is in the sweet spot, asking for no explanation.
  — Nicholas Cannariato, New York Times, 26 July 2023
• Researchers offer several explanations for why narcissists are more inclined to perceive and pursue alternatives.
  — Mark Travers, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
• One explanation, the study found, is that young people who have experienced more types of severe weather events were likelier to strongly endorse action plans regardless of their party affiliation.
  — Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Nov 2024