Example Sentences

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She’s exactly as tall as Leah now, too, which is simply unexplanatory.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

I exclaimed: and indeed there was something in the hasty and unexplanatory reply which, instead of allaying, piqued my curiosity more than ever.

From Jane Eyre by Townsend, F. H.

Quite unexplanatory and with the best possible manner, only sweetly anxious about her health.

From Emily Fox-Seton Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The Methods of Lady Walderhurst" by Williams, C. D. (Charles D.)

Jack burst out, the more vehemently from the fact that Mrs. Upton's unprotesting, unexplanatory departure had, to his own consciousness, involved him with Imogen in a companionship of crudity and inappropriateness.

From A Fountain Sealed by Sedgwick, Anne Douglas

When he had gathered, from her rather unexplanatory remarks, just what had happened, the first thought that crossed his mind was that he had eaten the last piece of fruit-cake which she left behind.

From The Wrong Woman by Stewart, Charles D.