Sentence examples for illogical explanations from inspiring English sources

The indictment said they neglected to account for abnormal pressure test results on the well that indicated problems, accepting "illogical" explanations from members of the crew, which caused the "blowout of the well to later occur".

Insight was coded on a three point scale (0 'absence of insight; 1 'partial insight perception of being ill but persistence of illogical explanations'; and 2 'full insight').

Ms. Stout, a deputy editor on the National desk, was handling two major front-page stories that day and, she said, "I managed to read straight past this illogical explanation for his anonymity".

There is a perfectly illogical explanation for it; polio drops are meant to make us impotent and these programmes are run by the same people who managed to locate Osama bin Laden by running another scam vaccination campaign.

I couldn't have comprehended any logical or illogical explanation about the adult complexities of being dependent for one's livelihood on the whims of a white employer".

"Questioning is often marked by a failure to challenge inconsistencies and illogical officer explanations, as well as leading questions favorable to the officer".

I just offer the above rationalisations as possible explanations for illogical transphobia.

He added, "You're asking me to give you a logical explanation for an illogical act".

Seriously, it is the only logical explanation for the illogical statements he made.

We used a rubric developed in our previous study (Hoskins et al., 2007) to score the following measures: Whether a student agreed, disagreed, or took no stance on the conclusion stated in the question; the number of logical justifications presented as part of the student's explanation; and the number of illogical justifications presented.

Jonathan Marks (Op-Ed, April 8) is right that those who look for genetic explanations of racial differences tie themselves into illogical knots.