How to Use for some/whatever reason in a Sentence
for some/whatever reason
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At one point, there was even a jump scare, for some reason.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
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And for whatever reason, the regime thought that now is the time.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2024
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Many of the children cried, and for some reason, that made the parents laugh.
—Amanda Hess, New York Times, 25 Sep. 2023
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Could the producers not get the rights to use it for some reason?
—Daniel Joyaux, IndieWire, 25 July 2024
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And lots of people seem to believe that for some reason.
—Leah Feiger, WIRED, 23 July 2024
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And then when everyone hugged me at the end, none of the hugs for some reason felt genuine.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 2 Aug. 2024
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No one in my life had the language to help me with it, for whatever reason.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2023
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My backyard looks great, but for some reason the front is spotty.
—Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 2 July 2020
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Lea, for some reason, is very annoyed that everyone seems to be in such a good mood.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 12 Feb. 2024
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Back in 2008, conservatives for some reason went along with the doctrine of Too Big to Fail.
—Amity Shlaes, National Review, 10 July 2023
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But feeding them from the breast just grosses people out for some reason.
—Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 24 July 2023
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The kids just wanna play for that coach for whatever reason.
—Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 21 Sep. 2023
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What if your account gets banned or closed for whatever reason, and all of your email gets zapped with it?
—David Nield, WIRED, 1 Jan. 2024
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The wafers come in eight flavors, including, for some reason, clove.
—Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2023
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Tran: Xalavier for some reason was obsessed with this outfit.
—Megan Farokhmanesh, WIRED, 19 July 2024
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And for some reason, at his cultural parties, there were a lot of guys in uniform.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2023
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Beck grabbed the wall, which was also carpeted, for some reason.
—Hazlitt, 26 July 2023
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And if for some reason, your provider fails you, there are services available online.
—Maria Carter, Parents, 21 Sep. 2023
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At that point, Peter, for some reason, didn’t remain loyal to me.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 26 July 2023
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But for some reason, the law of supply and demand appears to have broken down in the U.S. housing market.
—Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023
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Grown-ups will also enjoy the cupholder, which for some reason is a rare sight on high-end strollers lately.
—Katrina Cossey, Parents, 11 July 2023
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But for some reason [the boarding passes] weren’t scanning.
—Byprarthana Prakash, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2023
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Her husband has found out about each of them but, for whatever reason, chooses to stay with her.
—Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2023
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But for some reason his buddy decided to step into a dry river bed in the open.
—Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 13 Nov. 2020
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The hardest part for me is not being able to do [my music], for whatever reason.
—Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 2 Aug. 2023
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And for some reason, that's very crazy and interesting to people.
—Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 23 Sep. 2023
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So if there are assets that for whatever reason didn't make their way into the trust, the will would pour those assets into the trust.
—Alex Ross, Peoplemag, 10 Nov. 2023
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In the last couple of years, she’s done independent comedies that, for whatever reason, haven’t seen the light of day.
—Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2023
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Then there are cases of people who would like to believe but, for whatever reason, cannot.
—Shadi Hamid, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
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There might be people in politics and areas of public life who would object to it for some reason.
—Sabrina Clay, CNN, 23 July 2023
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