How to Use reason in a Sentence

reason

1 of 2 noun

• There is a reason why they don't want to come.
• For reasons of space, some of the charts and graphs have been omitted from the article.
• I gave a reason for my absence.
• I can't give you the report for the simple reason that it isn't yet finished.
• He wanted to know the reason for their decision.
• Is there a reason for your strange behavior?
• For obvious reasons, we can't do that yet.
• She explained her reasons for deciding to change jobs.
• Give me one good reason why I should believe you.
• She resigned for personal reasons.
• There are a few reasons for this.
  — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
• None of that is a reason to stay home.
  — John Drake, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
• There could be many reasons for this.
  — Karan Sharma, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
• The rodeo is one of those reasons.
  — Jon Weber, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2026
• And for her, that was enough of a reason.
  — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
• And tourism is a good reason, too.
  — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 10 May 2026
• There’s no reason to talk about last year.
  — Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 16 Apr. 2026
• But there is one reason to put a pair in there.
  — Tessa Cooper, The Spruce, 14 June 2026
• But there’s good reason for that.
  — Will Ripley, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
• One of the reasons is too many cooks in the kitchen.
  — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 31 May 2026
• And, for some reason, that failed us.
  — CBS News, 24 May 2026
• That’s a reason to go to Spain.
  — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026
• So that is the reason I don’t get burnt out.
  — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 15 Jan. 2026
• There are reasons why Uber would want to do that.
  — Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2026
• The reason for the price jumps is easy to discern.
  — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
• There is no reason to name streets after him.
  — Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2026
• There are a number of reasons for that.
  — Trevor Clawson, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
• All the more reason to see for yourself.
  — Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
• That’s not a reason to keep a player.
  — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
• Points will be awarded for any or no reason.
  — Brian Grubb, Vulture, 29 June 2026

reason

2 of 2 verb

• He lost the ability to reason.
• He reasoned that both statements couldn't be true.
• She reasoned that something must be wrong.
• But the tone was reasoned and much rang true.
  — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2026
• There was, his friends reasoned, still time left in the year.
  — Kelyn Soong, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2024
• Most of us can't reason our way into a fun mood.
  — Jen Zamzow, CNBC, 20 June 2026
• Kids should talk to their parents and try to reason with them.
  — Tara C. Smith, SELF, 12 Aug. 2021
• More choice for consumers is good, the court reasoned.
  — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 23 Sep. 2025
• What happened to ethics and to reason?
  — Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 17 Nov. 2025
• Bush’s thinking was even less reasoned.
  — Caleb Pomeroy, Foreign Affairs, 24 Dec. 2025
• This could even reason enough to buy an iPhone, some now suggest.
  — Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
• Eden, then 16, screamed and tried to reason with her parents.
  — Adriana Gomez Licon, Sun Sentinel, 9 May 2022
• Greg doesn’t give Katie any room at all to reason with him or walk anything back.
  — Lia Beck, refinery29.com, 3 Aug. 2021
• An appellate court might have reasoned the same.
  — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 15 May 2026
• The new system can reason about context.
  — Omar Kardoudi april 13, New Atlas, 13 Apr. 2026
• But pigs love truffles too much and are difficult to reason with.
  — Andrew Kornylak, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 May 2021
• The wrangler reasoned no horse could land on a pile of rocks without breaking a leg.
  — Dolores Brown, Outdoor Life, 17 June 2026
• The bride tried to reason, insisting her niece was perfect for the role.
  — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
• Doctors and scientists have tried to reason with them, to no avail.
  — Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 Sep. 2021
• Gooding reasoned that the law provides an answer to this twist.
  — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 13 Oct. 2025
• Such statements are rarely backed with data or even reasoning.
  — Korok Ray, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
• Maybe this closure doesn’t mean much to the park’s owner, Suriel reasoned.
  — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
• This damage, the researchers’ reasoned, could lead to changes in how sharks find and digest food.
  — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2025
• In the final moments before the lynching, some tried to reason with the crowd.
  — Francine Uenuma, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 June 2020
• People try to reason with trolls or appeal to their better nature.
  — Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 17 Mar. 2022
• But Cote reasoned Richardson hadn’t given up his chance to sue.
  — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 25 Aug. 2025
• Huck tries to reason with Walter, who's holding a gun to Hope's head.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 16 Nov. 2020
• Which, of course, may not apply when people don't have enough time to reason carefully.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 15 Apr. 2022
• So, purely by reasoning it out, one of those three would seem to be a good candidate to get rid of.
  — ArsTechnica, 30 Apr. 2026
• Perhaps humans did not evolve from apes, White’s team begins to reason.
  — Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Dec. 2020