inexplainable
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of inexplainable
First recorded in 1615–25; in- 3 + explainable ( def. )
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Sedgwick was wildly smitten, himself, but he kept his wits about him enough to watch and try to fathom what in the bearing of the old men for some inexplainable reason disturbed him.
From The Wedge of Gold by C. C. Goodwin
Then all at once some inexplainable cause summons forth the good, happy and clear moments of perception three or four nights in succession.
From The Bride of Dreams by Mellie von Auw
Inwardly he had wanted to play the game … to get up and play harder than ever … but for some inexplainable reason he could not make himself.
From Over the Line by Harold Morrow Sherman
The rider himself after a time becomes infected with this inexplainable desperation of terror, and I suppose I must have done so; but for a time I kept the upper hand.
From The Open Door, and the Portrait. Stories of the Seen and the Unseen. by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
He made no reply and continued to stare at them as if he thought it inexplainable that two white men should suddenly invade his sleeping quarters.
From The Mark of the Knife by Clayton H. Ernst
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