How to Use rhyme or reason in a Sentence
rhyme or reason
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The item seems to drop from the sky without rhyme or reason.
—Lou Cysewski, Forbes, 10 Aug. 2022
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But, whether there’s rhyme or reason to it, he’s been clutch.
—Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 1 Sep. 2023
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There just doesn’t seem to be any rhyme or reason about who made it and who didn’t.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Aug. 2021
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Herrera said there’s no rhyme or reason to when the area gets busy.
—Kelli Smith, Dallas News, 27 Sep. 2021
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There was no rhyme or reason for it except to do an art thing.
—al, 20 Apr. 2020
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There is no apparent rhyme or reason to the fine amounts.
—David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Sep. 2021
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Meanwhile, there’s hardly any rhyme or reason to the cast.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 14 Mar. 2023
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There were too few ball fakes or rhyme or reason to the Irish offense for long stretches.
—Tom Noie, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Nov. 2020
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There seems to be no rhyme or reason to our curated reels.
—Jennifer Senior, The Atlantic, 9 Aug. 2021
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The dropout issues have vexed Ryzen customers for months, with no seeming rhyme or reason for the cause.
—Gordon Mah Ung, PCWorld, 12 Mar. 2021
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There seems to be little rhyme or reason to today's stars.
—Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 23 Dec. 2021
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With the exception of the shelves on which my own novels sit, there is no rhyme or reason to the location of the books.
—New York Times, 19 Aug. 2021
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Often, there doesn’t seem to be much of a rhyme or reason to the way random movies seem to rocket up the streamer’s list.
—Andy Meek, BGR, 4 May 2022
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To Coates-Clark, the increase appeared to come without rhyme or reason.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 13 Sep. 2023
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There’s no rhyme or reason to his choices, just whatever moves him on the day.
—Michael Sykes, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2022
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There seemed to be no rhyme or reason for its decisions.
—Helen Ubiñas, Philly.com, 11 Sep. 2017
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There’s no rhyme or reason to the other results in the conference.
—Rex Nelson, Arkansas Online, 11 Oct. 2022
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There’s simply not much rhyme or reason to their actions at times.
—Jeremy Woo, SI.com, 23 May 2018
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There seems to be little rhyme or reason to what gets deranked and what doesn’t.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 31 Mar. 2018
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There's no rhyme or reason, but you suddenly get hit by it.
—Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 1 Aug. 2023
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But even those who had no real rhyme or reason to party found an excuse to strike a pose.
—Maria Ward, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2017
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A number of tiger sharks have washed up dead on the shores of Western Australia without rhyme or reason.
—Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 21 July 2023
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But in this particular case there was just no rhyme or reason for it ...
—CBS News, 29 June 2019
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There doesn’t seem to be much rhyme or reason for the edits apart from maybe the relative size or placement of the cigarette on the poster.
—Vulture, 13 Sep. 2022
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With this being your second adaptation in a row, is there any rhyme or reason to that?
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Jan. 2023
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Because of that, there isn’t any rhyme or reason about what to prioritize and when.
—Evan Nicole Brown, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2022
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There is no rhyme or reason as to why — real estate doesn’t always make sense.
—Alyssa Shelasky, Curbed, 12 Oct. 2022
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There's no rhyme or reason, and makeup artist Deanna Paley agrees with me.
—Sarah Han, Allure, 14 Sep. 2021
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While there seems to be little rhyme or reason to the location of crosswalks, some trends are notable.
—Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Feb. 2022
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But there’s no rhyme or reason to how these zombies behave, nor to how many Troopers total have been affected by the spell.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2023
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