inscrutability

Example Sentences

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“I had the urge to get up and walk out into the silence,” Mr. Tesson explains with his typical Gallic inscrutability.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

The character flaw now lies in those attempting to understand and believe him, not in his inscrutability.

From Slate • Oct. 16, 2024

Hands clasped and knees spread wide, the actor — who has become an avatar of inscrutability during his half-century screen and stage career — seems to be trying to shrink himself down to life-size.

From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2024

For Arcel, Mikkelsen’s on-screen magnetism and subtlety of emotion, paired with his willingness to take “co-responsibility” of the story being told, made him the only actor capable of embodying the complexity and inscrutability of Kahlen.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2023

It was not easy to preserve inscrutability when you did not know what your face looked like.

From "1984" by George Orwell