How to Use why in a Sentence

why

1 of 2 adverb

• Why is the sky blue?
• Why didn't you call me?
• Why did you quit your job?
• Why didn't I think of that?
• There are a few reasons why the dart throw might be worth it.
  — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Sep. 2022
• What’s still a mystery is who put the poster on the wall and why.
  — David Brown, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Dec. 2022
• That’s why so many of us are all too happy to pay to avoid them.
  — Simon Hill, WIRED, 19 Aug. 2022
• So why does the air sometimes smell like sewage, even if there's not a drop of rain?
  — Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press, 21 Oct. 2022
• That's why its slim-fit jeans stand out amongst the millions of other dimes and a half.
  — Christian Gollayan, Men's Health, 7 Dec. 2022
• On the other hand, why not heat the front of your body along with your paws and backside?
  — Mike Austin, Car and Driver, 5 Jan. 2023
• There are a million reasons why a crush might not become more.
  — Jasmine Gomez, Seventeen, 6 May 2021
• Which is why the aluminum is always fully stocked in her house.
  — Savanna Bous, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Feb. 2023
• That’s the only real way to figure out the why and what can be done.
  — Daniel Greenleaf, Fortune, 28 July 2022
• So, why should the average sports fan tune into a jai-alai match?
  — Fox News, 9 Aug. 2022
• This is why the special counsel may well end up helping Biden.
  — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 17 Jan. 2023
• The report questioned the source of the funds and why did not report it to the police.
  — Mogomotsi Magome, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Dec. 2022
• After all, life is short, so why not stop to appreciate, yes?
  — Ed Silverman, STAT, 28 July 2022
• That’s why James will always be loved -- even after leaving the city twice.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 7 Dec. 2022
• That’s why picking the best-smelling laundry detergent is key.
  — Jessica Cherner, House Beautiful, 1 Nov. 2022
• Questions about who killed Carmela -- and why -- swirled in everyone’s minds.
  — Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 1 Nov. 2022
• The need to check in and unpack only once, it has been said, is why god created cruises.
  — Jen Murphy, Town & Country, 7 Oct. 2022
• Sure, why not jump to conclusions off the first week of the preseason At starter?
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2022
• And that’s why people like Mallman are wondering who can help them.
  — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2022
• Because, why wouldn't the Brent Spence Bridge poke fun at its neighbor?
  — Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 5 Jan. 2023
• But the next month could offer a nasty reminder of why climate action is so badly needed.
  — Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2022
• So, why not take a fraction of that stock buyback money and give people a better living?
  — Tony Dokoupil, CBS News, 17 Jan. 2023
• This kind of value is why top brands are betting on the value of NFTs.
  — Azad Abbasi, Forbes, 15 July 2022
• So why are British energy bills rising so much faster than across much of Europe?
  — Anna Cooban, CNN, 19 Aug. 2022
• That’s why a disappointed Jones was in no mood to trumpet his revival.
  — Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Nov. 2022
• With that logic, why bother to read or watch anything except your own diary or the videos in your own camera roll?
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 Dec. 2022

why

2 of 2 noun

• Where are the lengthy, the tedious, the why-is-this taking-so-long flights?
  — Devon Ivie, CNT, 27 Sep. 2017
• For many in Westbury, not knowing the how or the why of this homicide case haunts them.
  — CBS News, 12 Mar. 2018
• But the why of space in its economic context is just as important—maybe even more so.
  — Ed Finn, Slate Magazine, 14 Dec. 2017
• The following story, about the how and the why, was pieced together using Austin’s own words.
  — Keith Bierygolick, Cincinnati.com, 23 Feb. 2018
• But instead of getting bogged down by the calories consumed or the grams of fat encountered, Alpert turned the conversation to the why.
  — Logan Sykes, Town & Country, 2 Jan. 2017
• So, how big - why is Islamic State targeting Christians in Egypt?
  — WSJ, 17 Apr. 2017
• Not everyone may want to abandon teaching manners altogether, but these insights do suggest rethinking our approach, focusing as much on the why of courtesy as the how.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 23 Oct. 2019
• Worst of all, the cult of lethality attempts to divorce the how of killing from the why, an insane proposition given that military force is deployed in the service of political outcomes.
  — Jared Keller, The New Republic, 9 Sep. 2019
• Businesses and individuals are expected to operate within this principle - why shouldn’t government as well?
  — Jason Lewis, BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2018
• And every time someone takes a knee or raises a fist, viewers must grapple with the why—with the uncomfortable reality that our country daily marginalizes thousands of people in impoverished communities.
  — John Legend, Slate Magazine, 24 Sep. 2017
• Cain opines on the why-and-how of private mega-yachts, which have grown mind-bogglingly massive (such as the 533-foot-long Eclipse, replete with submarine, owned by Russian business mogul Roman Abramovich).
  — Laura Manske, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2021