How to Use inexplicable in a Sentence

inexplicable

adjective

• He had a series of seemingly inexplicable accidents.
• There is something inexplicable that exists in that space that’s being filled by those chords.
  — Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 22 Oct. 2024
• Some name changes were just inexplicable and appeared to have as much to do with invention as simple translation.
  — USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2020
• Flesh decayed and desiccated in inexplicable ways, making hair and nails seem to grow as the flesh around them shriveled.
  — Andrew Curry, National Geographic, 2 Sep. 2020
• Then something changed, akin to an inexplicable muffed punt being returned for a winning touchdown with 10 seconds left.
  — David Jesse, Detroit Free Press, 11 Aug. 2020
• Things take an inexplicable twist when several locals are found seemingly drained of all their vital energy.
  — Jamie Lang, Variety, 21 Oct. 2024
• Indeed, learning how to play on a team, execute a strategy, lift each other up, and come back from inexplicable failure all emerged after years in sports.
  — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2024
• Then came something inexplicable: a mysterious vibration that shook the planet for nine days.
  — Laura Paddison, CNN, 13 Sep. 2024
• 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 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
• 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
• 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 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
• Courtney is a huge (and inexplicable) Ross Dress for Less fan.
  — Jim Hecht, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Sep. 2023
• 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
• For some inexplicable reason, the driver just failed to notice the stop sign.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 7 Apr. 2021
• The most confusing and inexplicable part was that Lawson had not been in a restaurant in months.
  — Alison Medley, Chron, 11 Dec. 2020
• Not their inexplicable road mastery, which has kept them afloat in the playoff hunt despite a sub-.500 home record.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Apr. 2021
• Here was a creature that would choose its own inexplicable way.
  — Hanya Yanagihara Kyoko Hamada, New York Times, 10 May 2023
• Then came the inexplicable signing of Kris Bryant for seven years and $182 million.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Mar. 2022

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024