cipher

Example Sentences

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He confirms this when Matsson asks Tom to "soft pitch" him on himself and Tom answers like a dutiful cipher.

From Salon

“Doug is true cipher, he has never done a taped interview,” said Johnson, which led him to portray Fregin as a “kind of mascot figure who is tying the culture of the office together.”

From Seattle Times

Elizabeth II was perforce a kind of cipher, less a personality than a series of roles, a virtually voiceless princess, a daughter, wife, mother, and at last queen.

From Los Angeles Times

In this country, he is both very, very popular and, somehow, a bit of a cipher.

From New York Times

Jodie is more a cipher than a character, and it’s hard to create an emotionally meaningful relationship with a cipher.

From Los Angeles Times