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

Its enjoyment lies less in the story, but in the marvelous mystification of its telling.

From Washington Post • Jul. 28, 2021

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

Pilar Ternera was the one who contributed most to popularize that mystification when she conceived the trick of reading the past in cards as she had read the future before.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez