How to Use illogical in a Sentence

illogical

adjective

• It is illogical to think that things will change on their own.
• Of all the years to move the calendar back to March for opening day, this turned out to be the most illogical.
  — David Haugh, chicagotribune.com, 16 Apr. 2018
• That her placement of items in the fridge is illogical?
  — Belinda Luscombe, Time, 27 Mar. 2020
• Picking the Mavs to win 4 of 6 is illogical, then, right?
  — Dallas News, 1 May 2022
• What’s hard about this, of course, is that fear is often illogical, and our wants can be, too.
  — R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 28 Dec. 2024
• What’s hard about this, of course, is that fear is often illogical, and our wants can be, too.
  — R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 28 Dec. 2024
• The two have long shared a vision: to bridge the illogical chasm between those who hunt to eat and those who merely love to eat.
  — Rachel Levin, Bon Appétit, 19 Sep. 2022
• Keep your cool when the things that people do seem illogical.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 20 Feb. 2021
• This is not illogical, in the same way that any blackmail makes sense on paper.
  — Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
• This is not illogical, in the same way that any blackmail makes sense on paper.
  — Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
• The plot is an illogical mess of action scenes and joke setups.
  — Joshua Rivera, GQ, 19 May 2018
• As a result, more than a few cutscenes drag on and on with bizarre rants and BJ's own illogical responses to them.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 27 Oct. 2017
• The hearing showed that the case the San Francisco fintech was based on an illogical premise.
  — Roslyn Layton, Forbes, 8 Apr. 2021
• Louis has to travel, and there’s the sense that Eva has nowhere else to go—a vague rationale that feels at once inevitable and illogical.
  — Chloe Schama, Vogue, 25 Dec. 2024
• The episode's last few minutes were tense, if illogical.
  — Alex Berenson, Esquire, 18 Nov. 2012
• Ramsey said it’s illogical to think that trunk or treat is safer than trick-or-treating.
  — al, 29 Oct. 2022
• What’s even more illogical to me, the only reason there’s...
  — WSJ, 2 Jan. 2017
• Many fans find this to be the most frustrating and illogical rule in football, and it should be tweaked or clarified.
  — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2017
• This narrative — which paints Nike as the villain and Mr. Avenatti as the hero — is false and illogical.
  — Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2020
• These were the illogical conclusion of Bluetooth, Tony Hawk video games, and lots of money.
  — James Lynch, Popular Mechanics, 27 Dec. 2018
• Teams know Randle is a fine passer, so providing him with a recipe on how to beat you seems illogical.
  — Morten Stig Jensen, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
• But all of those quibbles are rooted in logic, and the Targa is, at its core, an illogical machine.
  — David Beard, Car and Driver, 11 Aug. 2020
• And everyone—at least those of us with illogical toddlers (in other words, toddlers)—is in it.
  — Nat Kendall-Taylor, Quartz, 6 Dec. 2019
• An illogical onside kick try with more than 2 minutes to go.
  — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 15 Jan. 2018
• The bridesmaid will no doubt say that that was not her intention, but Miss Manners’ patience with the frankly illogical has, of late, been under strain.
  — Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 17 July 2019
• At the same time, many rules that do exist can seem illogical or overly burdensome.
  — Lillian Mongeau, USA TODAY, 28 June 2020
• Following your heart may seem illogical, but today things are likely to work out for you.
  — oregonlive, 7 Mar. 2020
• Handing out a pink slip simply for failing to topple James would have been illogical and unfair too.
  — Ben Golliver, SI.com, 11 May 2018
• Pike’s stairs, however, are an M.C. Esher–esque illogical maze, full of steep drop-offs and impossible turns.
  — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2025
• Instead—and this has been reported throughout the process of people trying to preorder a Nintendo Switch 2—individuals go through a confusing and seemingly illogical experience.
  — Callum Booth, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025