How to Use inexplicable in a Sentence

inexplicable

adjective
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  • He had a series of seemingly inexplicable accidents.
  • Here’s to more of the inexplicable lying ahead, for her and us both.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2022
  • The more inexplicable loss was by 13 points to UC Irvine.
    — Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Of all the things that go wrong here -- and there are plenty of them -- the most inexplicable is how generic the whole thing feels.
    — Piers Marchant, Arkansas Online, 21 May 2021
  • The Tigers gave up an inexplicable six sacks to a UCF defense that had just 21 in its first 12 games.
    — Kevin Scarbinsky, AL.com, 1 Jan. 2018
  • The lines of faith were blurred with football, and the course of the latter followed the inexplicable character of the former.
    — Khaled A. Beydoun, CNN, 8 Dec. 2022
  • The sedan showed up the very next morning, for some inexplicable reason, near the home where the couple live.
    — Breanna Edwards, The Root, 30 Jan. 2018
  • Somehow, each of those three has been more inexplicable than the last.
    — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 25 Feb. 2023
  • And this move by Hamas appears to me to be inexplicable.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2023
  • The inexplicable error cost him 20 seconds and put him out of the running in a flash.
    — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 12 July 2020
  • Jazz make some inexplicable mistakes, can’t get enough stops late, as the Mavs go berserk from the 3-point line to tie the series at one game apiece.
    — Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Apr. 2022
  • After draining one of the two, the Tigers' two-point lead left just enough room for the Trojans (13-1) to creep in and pull off the inexplicable comeback.
    — Joel Lorenzi, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Jan. 2022
  • The Blazers were able to gain their eight first down of the game as the quarter ended but the far too late for an inexplicable comeback.
    — Evan Dudley, al, 3 Nov. 2019
  • And then the Longhorns fell into one of their inexplicable funks, that lasted the final nine minutes of the first half.
    — Nick Moyle, Houston Chronicle, 20 Jan. 2018
  • The film explores the inexplicable love between a man and a woman with no memory of the past.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Making tough wardrobe calls, the rat’s nest of chargers, the inexplicable urge to bring 12 pairs of socks for a three-day trip — the choices never end.
    — David Moses, Travel + Leisure, 10 Dec. 2023
  • Some who did attributed it to the play of light and shadow across the white canvas, not to inexplicable forces.
    — John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2021
  • Lance Bass is just one of the inexplicable things about Jax and Brittany’s wedding.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2024
  • The stunning, inexplicable start led to plenty of questions, most of all from Shiffrin.
    — Nathan Fenno, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2022
  • The inexplicable gaffe made Travolta the subject of much mockery and ridicule in the media.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 11 Mar. 2022
  • From the outset of the case, the brutal attacks on P.J. and Mikayla seemed all but inexplicable and baffled the police.
    — Alan Feuer, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2018
  • Courtney is a huge (and inexplicable) Ross Dress for Less fan.
    — Jim Hecht, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Sep. 2023
  • After a short hiatus in the form of an inexplicable sing along episode, The Masked Singer is back with brand new performances.
    — Ariana Brockington, refinery29.com, 24 Apr. 2020
  • The result of the 2016 election was for Democrats inexplicable.
    — Jeff Scrima, WSJ, 12 Oct. 2020
  • What inexplicable twists of fate led her to this point, to skinning helpless puppies to make some fur coats?
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 26 May 2021
  • But for some inexplicable reason, Arie just can’t seem to let go.
    — Aurelie Corinthios, PEOPLE.com, 5 Feb. 2018
  • And this, too, was a play that memorably made room for the numinous, the inexplicable.
    — Ben Brantley, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2020
  • Tack on the inexplicable loss to an Austria side that isn’t even going to the World Cup, and Germany has a real problem on their hands.
    — Juan Pimiento, chicagotribune.com, 3 June 2018
  • These are the people who, for some inexplicable reason, will park right next to you, even though there are hundreds of open spaces in the parking lot.
    — Sherry Kuehl, Kansas City Star, 12 Feb. 2025
  • Leno has generally been good this season but was comically poor in this one, a poor pass to Pereira followed by an inexplicable howler.
    — Roshane Thomas, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025

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