How to Use unexplainable in a Sentence
unexplainable
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Good luck to him when called on to explain the unexplainable.
— Bob Raissman, New York Daily News, 10 Aug. 2024 -
That's when Spicer came out to try and explain the unexplainable.
— Gloria Borger, CNN, 11 May 2017 -
Image The unexplainable record, the over-the-top pregame theatrics, even the hot climate.
— Gerald Narciso, New York Times, 2 June 2018 -
Inter is a team that has made five games bad, then went to Genoa on a very tough field and won 0-5: unexplainable.
— SI.com, 30 Mar. 2018 -
The ability to move objects in cool and unexplainable ways, to break arms and ankles.
— Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 5 Mar. 2024 -
There are no tantrums, no traffic jams, no unexplainable screams from the backseat.
— Jill Terreri Ramos, BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2019 -
Not devoting time to the tasks at hand is unexplainable.
— Teri Sforza, Orange County Register, 17 Mar. 2017 -
Nick Risner, for reasons even unexplainable to him at the time, got off work 15 minutes early, which was a rare thing.
— J.d. Crowe | Jdcrowe@al.com, al, 4 Oct. 2021 -
Madison Bumgarner has an unexplainable split regarding the Dodgers, just the luck of the draw.
— Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com, 9 June 2019 -
Then there’s 6 percent left that is unexplainable, that is probably the true, true bias.
— Eric Johnson, Recode, 15 Aug. 2018 -
None of that happened and Liddle was left to explain the unexplainable mistake by two young players.
— Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 16 June 2019 -
While Pac may be one of the most prolific rappers of all time, there remains one eerie mystery: his unexplainable death.
— Lauren Alvarez, Billboard, 15 Sep. 2017 -
The event started in 1987; since then, visitors have been told tales of unexplainable incidents in the carriage house.
— Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 29 Oct. 2021 -
That would be a whopping, and unexplainable 153% difference between the two cities.
— al, 14 Feb. 2023 -
Promises made in public, only to fade with time and excuses .... even in a unexplainable tragedy ...
— Natalie Morin, refinery29.com, 10 Mar. 2021 -
The world is full of wonderful – but sometimes unexplainable – things.
— Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al.com, 13 June 2019 -
As music lovers are able to once again reunite and bask in the unexplainable feeling of being at a show where everyone is connected, the hits of 2021 soundtrack the way.
— Lisa Kocay, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021 -
Miguel Ordeñana grew up near Griffith Park with an unexplainable passion for wildlife and few adults in his life to nurture that interest.
— Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2021 -
The internet, predictably, is full of attempts to explain the unexplainable.
— Naomi Fry, The Cut, 3 Aug. 2017 -
The upcoming Hopes and Dreams record is just that, a group of baby-soft lullabies about the beautiful and unexplainable bond between mothers and their kids.
— Wandera Hussein, Billboard, 2 Mar. 2018 -
The new waves travel three times faster than Rossby-Haurwitz waves, and that speed is currently unexplainable with our current models of the Sun.
— Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 27 Mar. 2022 -
But there’s something unexplainable as to why their bats make elevator music in front of their loud, faithful fans.
— Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2024 -
Newsom and his advisers are trying to explain the unexplainable — something that never could be sold in a 30-second TV ad.
— George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2020 -
On Crockett Island, there is no bent-neck lady or lady in the lake to scare us, but there are unexplainable things happening, from dead feral cats to demon eyes glowing in the shadows.
— Shannon Carlin, refinery29.com, 30 Sep. 2021 -
This priest seems to miraculously arrive on Crockett out of nowhere, inciting a string of unexplainable events.
— Nick Romano, EW.com, 28 Sep. 2021 -
In almost every ancient culture in this region of the world, legends were created to explain the unexplainable.
— Debbie Olsen, Travel + Leisure, 24 Nov. 2023 -
Brammer’s gift is his uncanny ability to put into words a feeling or an idea that feels unexplainable.
— Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2023 -
Even the area’s nonhuman residents—from pets to local wildlife—have shown unexplainable symptoms.
— Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 25 July 2024 -
In addition to this scene sowing the seeds of a conflict between Natalie and Lottie over Travis, the question of whether Javi's alive leans into the show's theme of searching for explanations of the unexplainable.
— Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 Mar. 2023 -
Not only did people try to imitate Drake's peculiar gestures on the dance floor and in videos, Viners layered in graphics that sought to make sense of his unexplainable movements.
— Noelle Devoe, Seventeen, 28 Oct. 2016
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