enigmatic
Example Sentences
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Recently, companies ranging from top AI labs to software giants to scrappy startups have been hiring for an enigmatic position: “member of technical staff,” or MTS.
From MarketWatch • May 9, 2026
Parkkonen, who appears on stage as enigmatic and brooding while lamenting his unanswered love next to a flaming confessional, hoped the song will serve as "a helping hand".
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
The enigmatic song earned her the Grand Prize in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest that year, making it the first time a Latin category took home the top prize.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026
They instead focus on something more ambitious, and enigmatic: Viollet-le-Duc’s complex relationship to drawing itself.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026
I do remember imagining myself in a pith helmet and white linen jodhpurs, my face enigmatic behind a veil of mosquito netting.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
Vocabulary lists containing enigmatic
Essential Academic Vocabulary for High School Students, List 2
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Grade 10, List 6
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