riddle

Example Sentences

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"We need to be frank about how today's Hong Kong is riddled with holes, inside and out."

From Barron's

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

Love isn’t a riddle waiting to be solved.

From Los Angeles Times

In fact, they immediately set themselves on the task of pleasing Carol and those like her, along with solving the riddle of their immunity, so they can absorb the stragglers into their joy amoeba.

From Salon

"We can therefore explain why some viscous magmas flow out gently instead of exploding, despite their high gas content -- a riddle that's been puzzling us for a long time," says Bachmann.

From Science Daily