sphinx
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The banker operated like a sphinx at the center of some of the most interesting and polarizing events in our history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
While the 11 rival candidates crisscrossed the central African country pressing the flesh ahead of the October 12 vote, Biya's campaign has been largely virtual, true to his reputation as a secretive "sphinx".
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2025
The Czech entrepreneur has been described as a "quiet sphinx" for his inscrutable style.
From BBC ● Dec. 16, 2024
Sphingolipids are named for the enigmatic sphinx of ancient mythology because their functions in biology traditionally have been somewhat mysterious.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 24, 2024
I stared at my feet and Elsbeth smiled like a sphinx, like something had happened and she wanted me to guess what it was.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
We no longer write of ideæ, chori, asyla, musea, sphinges, specimina for ideas, choruses, asylums, museums, sphinxes, specimens, and the notion of returning to such plurals would seem barbarous and absurd.
From Society for Pure English, Tract 03 (1920) A Few Practical Suggestions by Society for Pure English
There are eight Hathoric columns and eight sphinxes in “sister dreamer” that honor local heroes, community workers and Halsey’s friends and family.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2026
In it are depicted small sphinxes, cult items and an altar, all items recovered from the ruins of Antirhodos and depicting a scene that likely would have taken place in the temple.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2025
The faces of the sphinxes are all portraits of members of her family: her mother, Glenda, her cousin Aujane, her brother Dominic, her life partner, Monique McWilliams.
From New York Times ● Apr. 16, 2023
Its five long chapters — each written by a different scholar — cover unicorns, dragons, griffins, sphinxes and half-human creatures.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 18, 2021
The gateway to the Long Bridge was a black stone arch carved with sphinxes, manticores, dragons, and creatures stranger still.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
Vocabulary lists containing sphinx
Ancient Egypt - Introductory
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Reading: Literature - Mythology - Introductory
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