riddles

Example Sentences

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Coaches often serve in loco parentis, guiding a developing prospect not only through training and tournaments but also the awkward riddles of growing up.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

Mr Williams then created Masquerade, a book filled with cryptic riddles pointing to the hare's location, which attracted treasure hunters from around the globe before it was finally unearthed in 1982.

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2025

And just as tobacco riddles the lungs, Amazon, one could argue in their preachiest moment, rots the soul.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2025

“The reason we do this is we like to solve riddles, and the stranger and harder the riddle that we can solve, the happier we are.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2025

I knew Halliday had frequently used similar riddles in many of his early adventure games, and each of those riddles had made sense in the context of its game.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline