How to Use explain in a Sentence

explain

verb

• Give me a chance to explain.
• The professor explained the poem to the class.
• I need a lawyer to explain this contract to me.
• Scientists could not explain the strange lights in the sky.
• We asked him to explain his reasons to us.
• She explained how the machine worked.
• I don't know how to explain the dog's strange behavior.
• That explains why we were so far behind schedule.
• I explained to them that I would be available by phone.
• Can you explain why no one was informed earlier?
• What these 99 men told us explains why.
  — Megan Kang, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2026
• Taking a break for a few days and will back to explain soon.
  — Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 11 June 2026
• Ahead, our experts explain how to do it.
  — Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 13 Jan. 2026
• That last bullet point might explain it.
  — Levi Weaver, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
• Taking a break for a few days and will [be] back to explain soon.
  — Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
• The plan to subtract by adding, explained.
  — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 4 June 2026
• Which might help explain the shearling hat.
  — Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
• Gadd explained how the two projects connect.
  — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2026
• Bjork explains more about the cause and shares a brief snippet of the song here.
  — Spin Staff, Spin, 6 Oct. 2023
• This would explain those bigger groups that show up to bars and nurse one or two drinks.
  — Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 7 Feb. 2025
• This helps explain the design of the week in Goa.
  — Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
• These four maps help explain the deep roots of the conflict and where things stand right now.
  — Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2022
• Johnson went on to explain the stream of conscious lines in the song.
  — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2026
• The work of a copy desk chief whose custom was never to explain his ears.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 3 Mar. 2022
• The duo explain more character deaths at the link in bio.
  — Jake Kring-Schreifels, Time, 27 Oct. 2025
• This is why it is often called the silent killer, explained Mehta.
  — Sherri Gordon, Health, 28 Sep. 2023
• That may explain why the stock has trended lower over the past week.
  — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 19 Oct. 2025
• In other words, explain the problem and then go to lunch.
  — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2025
• A lot of that can be explained by the unique aspects of our health care system.
  — Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2024
• Sweeney went on to explain that she'd even get ignored during her calls.
  — Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025