cryptogram

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

The parchment contained a 17-line cryptogram which apparently revealed where his treasure was buried.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2020

Two men with conflicting agendas each seek a prophetic cryptogram written on a page from a murdered rabbi’s notebook.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2019

The temptation was too great and I twitched aside my cloak to reveal my cryptogram of office.

From Nature • Dec. 15, 2015

There is even a cryptogram on the 1794 grave of James Leeson in Trinity Churchyard that is deciphered to: “Remember Death.”

From Salon • Jul. 12, 2012

Henry’s letter, from Connecticut, was as stilted as a cryptogram from the western front.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt