enigma
Example Sentences
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Clarke's team are becoming a bit of an enigma, a curiosity that's hard to read.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026
It’s Seyfried who elevates “The Housemaid” from guilty pleasure status, making it an exhilarating enigma at one moment and genuinely affecting the next.
From Salon • Jan. 31, 2026
But she said the film, which goes on global release on Friday and will later be shown exclusively on Amazon Prime, would give people a look behind the enigma.
From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026
People guessed on the color of her eyes and hair; some supposed that the enigma behind the column inches was a man.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026
He was away in a mystery, locked in the enigma that young Southern Black boys start to unravel, start to try to unravel, from seven years old to death.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.