Examples of 'whys and wherefores' in a sentence

Meaning of "whys and wherefores"

whys and wherefores - This phrase is used to refer to the reasons and explanations behind a particular decision, action, or situation
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  • The reasons or motivations for a fact, action, or decision, especially the complete set of such reasons or motivations.

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whys and wherefores
Never mind the whys and wherefores.
The whys and wherefores of discipline.
You detect their whys and wherefores.
The whys and wherefores are still open to speculation.
No good arguing the whys and wherefores.
Besides, the whys and wherefores of this wicked trade are known.
But he keeps asking the whys and wherefores.
Their whys and wherefores.
I do not understand about the whys and wherefores.
Here are a few whys and wherefores for your digestion.
Not for us sinners to understand the whys and wherefores.
Just the whys and wherefores.
That makes it harder to explain the whys and wherefores.
I would love to UNDERSTAND the whys and wherefores of line breaks and enjambment.
The lieutenant would have wanted to know the whys and wherefores.

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But be ready to give the whys and wherefores later on.
You just let ideas flow without bothering to answer all the whys and wherefores.
Now, Eberlin, I am not going into the whys and wherefores of why you were selected.
Get a workup on every known ice crew . Their whys and wherefores.
Data & Big Data, the whys and wherefores of why.
I haven't yet hit the spoken language spot, the whys and wherefores.
The specific nature and importance of fishing - the whys and wherefores of a common fisheries policy . 2.
Since he died, and they know that. - I'm not discussing whys and wherefores.
Nobody arrests them without telling me the whys and wherefores or reason thereofs.
Come on, chaps . No good arguing the whys and wherefores.
I do not understand … about the whys and wherefores father.
It is up to the governments to explain the whys and wherefores of the matter.
Obviously . Never mind the whys and wherefores.
You know, I did not really get into the whys and wherefores of it.

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