Examples of rhyme or reason in a Sentence
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Rock is the perfect outlet for that, too — for communicating something that can be so primal and entirely consuming without discernible rhyme or reason.
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Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2024
What thrill is there in seeing a hero come into an inexplicable sixth sense, or a villain toy with their newfound abilities, when it’s all presented to us as stuff that just kind of happens, with no rhyme or reason or constraint?
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Mar. 2024
Flares come and go, often with little rhyme or reason.
—Markham Heid, TIME, 9 Feb. 2024
Or hop from one number to another without rhyme or reason, following a chaotic, unpredictable path.
—Quanta Magazine, 26 Jan. 2024
Related In typical Amazon fashion, there’s not a whole lot of rhyme or reason as to what remains, with many of Amazon’s marque deals having vanished as soon as the clock struck midnight.
—Brandon Widder, The Verge, 12 Oct. 2023
But there’s no rhyme or reason to how these zombies behave, nor to how many Troopers total have been affected by the spell.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2023
To Coates-Clark, the increase appeared to come without rhyme or reason.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 13 Sep. 2023
Chiefs 17, Jaguars 9: There appears to be no rhyme or reason to Kansas City’s wide receiver rotation.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Sep. 2023
Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2024
What thrill is there in seeing a hero come into an inexplicable sixth sense, or a villain toy with their newfound abilities, when it’s all presented to us as stuff that just kind of happens, with no rhyme or reason or constraint?
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Mar. 2024
Flares come and go, often with little rhyme or reason.
—Markham Heid, TIME, 9 Feb. 2024
Or hop from one number to another without rhyme or reason, following a chaotic, unpredictable path.
—Quanta Magazine, 26 Jan. 2024
Related In typical Amazon fashion, there’s not a whole lot of rhyme or reason as to what remains, with many of Amazon’s marque deals having vanished as soon as the clock struck midnight.
—Brandon Widder, The Verge, 12 Oct. 2023
But there’s no rhyme or reason to how these zombies behave, nor to how many Troopers total have been affected by the spell.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2023
To Coates-Clark, the increase appeared to come without rhyme or reason.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 13 Sep. 2023
Chiefs 17, Jaguars 9: There appears to be no rhyme or reason to Kansas City’s wide receiver rotation.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Sep. 2023
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