Ankiel, attempting at the tender age of 23 to make what is essentially a comeback, had demonstrated a somewhat inscrutable predilection for throwing the ball in virtually every direction but over the plate.

She had always hoped she might appear to others somewhat inscrutable.

The figure ended its peroration, and stood regarding the earth-men in polite and somewhat inscrutable silence.

Then, in a decidedly less consequential matter, Yale hit an unwanted news jackpot after a blog called IvyGate reported on a titillating, if somewhat inscrutable, e-mail message sent by the master of Yale's Calhoun College to its residents.

WPKN-FM 89.5; 10,000 watts; From the station's web site: "WPKN is somewhat inscrutable.

The maps are somewhat inscrutable unless explained.

Big bubbles of feathers in combinations like blue with chartreuse wrapped up some evening fashions, and the designer continued his somewhat inscrutable affair with knickers.

Ketch's name (The Jack Ketch) is, for somewhat inscrutable reasons, taken by a ship-based AI.

Unconventional and somewhat inscrutable, the Coens, even by Hollywood standards, are a couple of odd birds.

Rather, he is known mainly as a cordial courter of talent, though some associates describe him as being, in the words of one, "somewhat inscrutable, not that easy to know."