How to Use rhyme or reason in a Sentence

rhyme or reason

noun

• The item seems to drop from the sky without rhyme or reason.
  — Lou Cysewski, Forbes, 10 Aug. 2022
• But, whether there’s rhyme or reason to it, he’s been clutch.
  — Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 1 Sep. 2023
• There is no rhyme or reason as to when and where shrimp will run.
  — Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2025
• There does not seem to be any rhyme or reason to which ones were cut.
  — Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2025
• There just doesn’t seem to be any rhyme or reason about who made it and who didn’t.
  — Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Aug. 2021
• Herrera said there’s no rhyme or reason to when the area gets busy.
  — Kelli Smith, Dallas News, 27 Sep. 2021
• There was no rhyme or reason for it except to do an art thing.
  — al, 20 Apr. 2020
• There is no apparent rhyme or reason to the fine amounts.
  — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Sep. 2021
• My guess is that the car wanted to connect with my phone, but there seemed to be no rhyme or reason to it.
  — Scott Kramer, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
• Meanwhile, there’s hardly any rhyme or reason to the cast.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 14 Mar. 2023
• There were too few ball fakes or rhyme or reason to the Irish offense for long stretches.
  — Tom Noie, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Nov. 2020
• There seems to be no rhyme or reason to our curated reels.
  — Jennifer Senior, The Atlantic, 9 Aug. 2021
• The dropout issues have vexed Ryzen customers for months, with no seeming rhyme or reason for the cause.
  — Gordon Mah Ung, PCWorld, 12 Mar. 2021
• There seems to be little rhyme or reason to today's stars.
  — Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 23 Dec. 2021
• With the exception of the shelves on which my own novels sit, there is no rhyme or reason to the location of the books.
  — New York Times, 19 Aug. 2021
• Often, there doesn’t seem to be much of a rhyme or reason to the way random movies seem to rocket up the streamer’s list.
  — Andy Meek, BGR, 4 May 2022
• To Coates-Clark, the increase appeared to come without rhyme or reason.
  — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 13 Sep. 2023
• There’s no rhyme or reason to his choices, just whatever moves him on the day.
  — Michael Sykes, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2022
• There seemed to be no rhyme or reason for its decisions.
  — Helen Ubiñas, Philly.com, 11 Sep. 2017
• There’s no rhyme or reason to the other results in the conference.
  — Rex Nelson, Arkansas Online, 11 Oct. 2022
• There’s simply not much rhyme or reason to their actions at times.
  — Jeremy Woo, SI.com, 23 May 2018
• Is there no point in trying to find a rhyme or reason for his behavior?
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
• There seems to be little rhyme or reason to what gets deranked and what doesn’t.
  — Constance Grady, Vox, 31 Mar. 2018
• There's no rhyme or reason, but you suddenly get hit by it.
  — Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 1 Aug. 2023
• There wasn’t really a rhyme or reason.
  — Julius Miller, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
• There is no rhyme or reason to any of my actions.
  — Broti Gupta, New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2026
• The cadence of shows in the world of Ralph Lauren doesn’t have much rhyme or reason.
  — Zachary Weiss, Vanity Fair, 18 Jan. 2026
• This not only cuts down on clutter but also keeps products organized by purpose rather than scattered across the counter with no rhyme or reason.
  — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Dec. 2025
• Every now and then some of them do particularly well; there’s no rhyme or reason to me.
  — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2025
• Wayward words may appear on a page, insist on themselves without rhyme or reason.
  — Beverly Gologorsky september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025