enigma
Example Sentences
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Mueller, who served as a Marine, was something of an enigma even to aides and was rarely spotted on the social circuit.
She was a practiced, phenomenal flirt, “Now, Doctor—be candid!—am I not correct when I say you are an enigma past finding out? You know I am.”
From Literature
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
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
People guessed on the color of her eyes and hair; some supposed that the enigma behind the column inches was a man.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
