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Example sentences for: why

How can you use “why” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Why not name your son Jesus?
It was an election year and I was in favor of George Bush because he had gone to the Greenwich Country Day School where I was attending, while Jacob and Max were for Michael Dukakis, although I do not remember why.
"Why?"
"There are reasons why people do this work, it's about larger things you believe in," said Lynn Vogelstein, a documentary filmmaker who is now a staff attorney practicing family law at South Brooklyn Legal Services.
I tend to think that's what's happening in Hollywood, actually, which is why the whole indie scene has become so hot.