An infant at the breast is yet an imperfect man, but there is no reason for belief, that he is unhappy by his immaturity, unless some positive pain be superadded.
I could assign no reason for this, except that the preparations for your sister were to be private, and the ceremony sudden, for fear this man should, as another man did, change his mind.
Put the case, that I were to marry the man you dislike: and that he were not to make a polite or tender husband, Is that a reason for you to be an unpolite and disobliging brother?
Is the want of reward, or the want even of a grateful acknowledgement, a reason for us to dispense with what we think our duty?
Nay Cadwall, we must lay his head to th' East, My Father hath a reason for't Arui.
Wonder not, nor admire not in thy minde why I doe call thee so, for I will shew thee no reason for't Fa.
Neither Grimm, nor anybody else, ever spoke to me of the air, and my reason for mentioning it here is that some time afterwards, a rumor was spread that I was not the author of Devin.
One of which was to stir up against me the populace by secret manoeuvres; and the other to drive me away by open force, without giving a reason for so doing.
For my part I see no reason for this, nor anything that could oblige me to it, and am of opinion there would have been more folly than candor in the declaration without necessity.
It is impossible indeed for such to imagine that another, with what they would count strong reason for lying, would not lie.
That an evil principle has an advocate present, is no reason for sparing it: what am I there for?
There must be a reason for everything," he said to himself, "but some reasons are hard to find!
He hardly thought she would, for she was in the secret of Alice's behaviour, but, joy to think, it would be a reason for writing to her!
Wingfold suspected in the paper some provision for Richard, but could imagine no reason for letting it lie unopened until a year should have passed from the baronet's death.
It implied that Nairn, who had a somewhat biting humor, could furnish a reason for Chisholm's hospitality if he desired, and Vane was confirmed in this supposition when he saw the warning look which his hostess cast at her husband.
We may much more readily accept "considerations of state" as a reason for Mr. Motley's removal.
It was a fancy of hers,--but many thought there was a reason for it.
I know the families that have a way of living through everything, and I know the other set that have the trick of dying without any kind of reason for it.
The present system will drop out because it will have no reason for being.
Hers was a shameless love, a love which had not even the lover's reason for embarrassment, a love unreserved and open as the day.
She ain't no kick comin', and she ain't no reason for feelin' like she does.
Within its four walls it treasured a thing which gave to it at last a reason for being, a reason for fighting against dissolution as long as one log could hold upon another.
I give those gentlemen credit for diligently observing nature; and I applaud them for having the merit to reason for themselves, which would seem to be the case with few of the many naturalists who now speak and write upon the subject.
If, on the contrary, they have not the least shadow of reason for such a gratuitous supposition, the present argument must be admitted in its full force.
I have a reason for wishing to hear from his own lips the whole truth.
And I 'ave a reason for wantin' to go to the little shop opposyte.
But surely there is no reason for keeping it secret.
This would be a reason for exterminating all the nations and individuals around them, as all were idolaters; but God permitted, and even commanded them, in certain cases, to spare the inhabitants.
He conceived that a business of this kind ought to be decided without much discussion; it had constantly been the practice of the house, and he did not suppose there was any reason for a deviation.
This would be a reason for exterminating all the nations and individuals around them, as all were idolaters; but God commanded them, in certain cases, to spare the inhabitants.
On many estates the people have refused to labor, and urge objections against the managers, as a reason for so acting.
That shall be a reason fordoing it," was his answer.
When somebody suggested to him that it would not be likely to do him good, videlicet among his own people, "That is a reason for doing it" was his noble answer.
If the thousands are never rescued from oppression, if they perish abortive in their wretchedness, is that a reason for refusing to rejoice with the one whom fate has blest?
I've got no reason for thinkin' it, but how can I tell?
Hain't no reason for mentionin' that I might want to talk to him, is there?
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "reason for" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
