1.   There must be some rational explanation for this apparently bizarre phenomenon.

2.   This is the mystery of sin which has no rational explanation, for it is ultimately and radically inexplicable.

3.   Through their various plights, the drama questions a world where feminine ideals regularly defy rational explanation.

4.   Insisted there was a rational explanation for the strange creaking noises and that there were no such things as ghosts.

5.   There is no rational explanation for my actions in the next split second.

6.   It was at that stage that I too decided that it was beyond any rational explanation.

7.   In the first hour after finding her dress and necklace he might have been prepared to accept a rational explanation -- or even a bemused denial of involvement.

8.   As an adulterous physics professor who insists upon rational explanations for all occurrences, John Turturro fails to bridge his academic arrogance and guilt-ridden passions.

9.   A professional liar who ruthlessly killed his way across half the country would not have stepped forward, apologized and offered any kind of rational explanation for his behavior.

10.   I cannot give you a rational explanation why.