Example Sentences

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She feels borne along by the ethereal sounds and unaccountably stirred by the slightest tonal changes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

As Franny Forst, unaccountably married to the Corporation, Isabella Rosselini provides in her person the argument for aging gracefully.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026

“Obsequious, oversized and unaccountably frightening” declared the Washington Post’s critic Sebastian Smee.

From Salon • May 17, 2024

Paul Hoffman, 61, formerly a machinist at an injection molding company in Reed City, Michigan, began unaccountably losing his balance in the spring of 2020.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 21, 2024

And what’s more, whenever she reached for one of them, she would find herself unaccountably lost in a memory or a dream.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill