riddles

Example Sentences

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Yet she’s also a protein-loading weight-lifting buff who favors all-black outfits and clear opinions, not a robed oracle speaking in riddles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

The song’s lyrics don’t directly correspond to the beauty and pain contained in “Sound of Falling” — it’s just one more layer of enigma in a movie that doesn’t answer all its riddles.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2026

Throughout the game, there will be scavenger hunts using video calls where residents get the chance to solve puzzles and riddles then send staff off to find the next clue.

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026

“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

“How long have you had two families? Is this your Sirena? La mujer from your riddles? The one who wanted to take you away? I thought you said you wouldn’t let her,” I taunted.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall