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Six example sentences with inscrutable, each labelled with its topic.
The director gave the double agent an inscrutable stare that told the audience nothing about which side he would betray.
Movies
The coach kept an inscrutable face through the timeout, so neither team could guess whether he would foul or defend.
Basketball
Critics still argue over the inscrutable smile in that portrait, and four centuries have produced no settled reading.
Art
The model's decisions remain inscrutable even to its authors, who can see the output but not the reason.
Technology
The central bank's statement was inscrutable by design, so markets spent the afternoon guessing what it meant.
Finance
The contract's inscrutable fee clause ran to four pages and defeated two lawyers before anyone understood it.
Law
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