And it wasn't just the things she knew that defied explanation.

It would have defied explanation why he picked this one in particular.

But it was the events after dinner that defied explanation.

But she touched him on a level that defied explanation.

Yet the Keep was there; he could sense its presence in a way that defied explanation.

Although the police said the investigation was closed, it is a case that defies easy explanations.

I like to understand human motives, and sometimes they defy reasonable explanation.

He knew now that this was no dream, even if it defied logical explanation.

Yet whatever the underlying currents, specific cases seem to defy explanation.

The loss of reality becomes so severe that it defies explanation.