conundrums
Example Sentences
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Their work is a cultural bridge much like Ashitaka’s effort to bring the worlds of beasts and men together for a common cause, depicting what Miyazaki sees as one of humanism’s central conundrums.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
While there are positive signs, it is obvious some conundrums remain the same for Djokovic.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2026
For this week’s Slate Plus bonus episode, Emily, John, David, and special guest Stephen Colbert answer listeners’ conundrums of all kinds: the meaningful, the trivial, and the delightfully absurd.
From Slate ● Dec. 18, 2025
It’s something that almost never happens in the NFL because finding a new quarterback is one of the game’s most maddening conundrums.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2025
The categories of grammar reflect the building blocks of thought—time, space, causality, matter—and a philosophical wordsmith can play with them to awaken her readers to metaphysical conundrums.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
