enigma

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.

When Todd Haynes made his 1995 masterpiece “Safe”—which cast Julianne Moore as a Los Angeles housewife under siege by myriad illnesses—environmental disease was an enigma.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

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

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

She, who had never been more than fifty miles from her birthplace, learned to traverse the maze of Spanish-named streets in that enigma that is Los Angeles.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou