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
Most of my book is devoted to trying to sort out this political enigma, and how the movement and its consequences might be understood.
From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026
Dolls, masks, impenetrable shadows: a conjured enigma, all typical Meatyard.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 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
In spite of her terrifying frankness and overwhelming naïveté, he really knew nothing about her and he was tired of living with an enigma.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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