WHY in a Sentence
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146 example sentences for WHY, such as:
1. I wonder why he left his job.
2. I wonder why she is staying away.
3. She didn't see why he couldn't come.
4. I wonder why he's in such a mood today.
5. She cited three reasons why people get into debt.
2. I wonder why she is staying away.
3. She didn't see why he couldn't come.
4. I wonder why he's in such a mood today.
5. She cited three reasons why people get into debt.
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Meanings and Examples of WHY
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why
n. the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase `the whys and wherefores'
Classic Sentence: (80 in 6 pages)
1 He looked at me sideways--and I knew why Jordan Baker had believed he was lying.
2 And I don't understand why you won't come out frankly and tell me what you want.
3 Just why these inventions were a source of satisfaction to James Gatz of North Dakota, isn't easy to say.
4 She didn't see why he couldn't come.
5 Especially she is generally intolerant of emotion, when she does not fully comprehend the why and wherefore.
6 Now, why the Reverend Mr. Dimmesdale considered it so very fortunate we hesitate to reveal.
7 I know why you inquire about him, very well; your sister is to marry him.
8 Once, however, the lieutenant asked why he had come so far upon the ice in so strange a vehicle.
9 It was poisonous to me to see him in the town, for I very well knew why he had come there.
10 There are reasons why I must say no more of that.
11 Almost fearing, without knowing why, to come in view of the forge, I saw it at last, and saw that it was closed.
12 I couldn't quite understand why Peggotty looked so queer, or why she was so ready to go back to the crocodiles.
13 I trembled without distinctly knowing why, and still looked at her earnestly, making no attempt to answer.
14 They come in, nobody knows when, why, or how; and they go out, nobody knows when, why, or how.
15 She told me we must part, and told me why; and we condoled with one another, in all sincerity.
Example Sentence: (66 in 5 pages)
1 I am not you who who who, why care about Russia 's who's who.
2 She has accepted your explanation as to why you didn't attend the meeting.
3 I love you like a god of plague and why I treat you like a lover.
4 He cannot understand why she's constantly carping at him.
5 I can never understand why Mary said nothing about her wrongs.
6 I can understand why astronauts find it difficult to readjust to life on earth.
7 Now I understand why travelers rave about Lapland.
8 Before you give up ,think of the reason why you held on so long.
9 I wonder why he left his job.
10 As often as not when I make the effort to visit her, I wonder why I've even bothered.
11 I wonder why she is staying away.
12 I wonder why these dresses have been marked down.
13 I wonder why you can't credit him with the same generosity of spirit.
14 I wonder why he's in such a mood today.
15 She cited three reasons why people get into debt.