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

And there it would remain—the mystery, in his mind—exhaling enigma for years to come.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor