mystification

Example Sentences

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And we made the decision to keep a bit of mystification around how the instruments work, because we prefer to look at them as a vessel of love.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2024

Its enjoyment lies less in the story, but in the marvelous mystification of its telling.

From Washington Post • Jul. 28, 2021

I am very aware of the fact that judges rely on a certain amount of blind reverence and mystification in order to preserve public legitimacy.

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2020

To Bush's mystification, his saxophone-tootling challenger's popularity in opinion polls was even defying the gravity of revelations about his draft-dodging past.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2020

"Come with me," he said to Spess, who had watched in mystification while Jeremy peered into his sock drawer, "I want you to help me find something."

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville