mystification

Example Sentences

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Spending £8m on the unproven Chermiti from Everton is still a source of mystification.

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2025

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

Telling Mom to take a hike is “so tough”; I don’t share your mystification.

From Washington Post • Jan. 16, 2023

Amid the wreckage, the artist is liberated from the mystification of “great art.”

From Slate • Oct. 17, 2020

The chaplain was shocked by his bellicose words and tone and, to his own amazement and mystification, deeply chagrined that they were turning him loose.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller