How to Use rhyme or reason in a Sentence

rhyme or reason

noun

• The item seems to drop from the sky without rhyme or reason.
  — Lou Cysewski, Forbes, 10 Aug. 2022
• But, whether there’s rhyme or reason to it, he’s been clutch.
  — Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 1 Sep. 2023
• There just doesn’t seem to be any rhyme or reason about who made it and who didn’t.
  — Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Aug. 2021
• Herrera said there’s no rhyme or reason to when the area gets busy.
  — Kelli Smith, Dallas News, 27 Sep. 2021
• There was no rhyme or reason for it except to do an art thing.
  — al, 20 Apr. 2020
• There is no apparent rhyme or reason to the fine amounts.
  — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Sep. 2021
• Meanwhile, there’s hardly any rhyme or reason to the cast.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 14 Mar. 2023
• 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
• There seems to be no rhyme or reason to our curated reels.
  — Jennifer Senior, The Atlantic, 9 Aug. 2021
• 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
• There seems to be little rhyme or reason to today's stars.
  — Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 23 Dec. 2021
• 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
• 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
• To Coates-Clark, the increase appeared to come without rhyme or reason.
  — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 13 Sep. 2023
• There’s no rhyme or reason to his choices, just whatever moves him on the day.
  — Michael Sykes, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2022
• There seemed to be no rhyme or reason for its decisions.
  — Helen Ubiñas, Philly.com, 11 Sep. 2017
• There’s no rhyme or reason to the other results in the conference.
  — Rex Nelson, Arkansas Online, 11 Oct. 2022
• There’s simply not much rhyme or reason to their actions at times.
  — Jeremy Woo, SI.com, 23 May 2018
• There seems to be little rhyme or reason to what gets deranked and what doesn’t.
  — Constance Grady, Vox, 31 Mar. 2018
• There's no rhyme or reason, but you suddenly get hit by it.
  — Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 1 Aug. 2023
• 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
• 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
• But in this particular case there was just no rhyme or reason for it ...
  — CBS News, 29 June 2019
• 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
• 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
• 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
• There is no rhyme or reason as to why — real estate doesn’t always make sense.
  — Alyssa Shelasky, Curbed, 12 Oct. 2022
• There's no rhyme or reason, and makeup artist Deanna Paley agrees with me.
  — Sarah Han, Allure, 14 Sep. 2021
• 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
• Related In typical Amazon fashion, there’s not a whole lot of rhyme or reason as to what remains, with many of Amazon’s marque deals having vanished as soon as the clock struck midnight.
  — Brandon Widder, The Verge, 12 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 16 Oct 2024