mystification

Example Sentences

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Vitali’s grown children speak with a mix of understanding and mystification at how completely their father devoted himself to another person, sometimes at the expense of being fully present in their lives.

From New York Times • Nov. 29, 2024

And we made the decision to keep a bit of mystification around how the instruments work, because we prefer to look at them as a vessel of love.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2024

Telling Mom to take a hike is “so tough”; I don’t share your mystification.

From Washington Post • Jan. 16, 2023

I am very aware of the fact that judges rely on a certain amount of blind reverence and mystification in order to preserve public legitimacy.

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2020

The chaplain was shocked by his bellicose words and tone and, to his own amazement and mystification, deeply chagrined that they were turning him loose.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller