riddle

Example Sentences

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Powell tiptoed away from saying how the Fed would answer that riddle.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

A 48-46 defeat, settled by a France penalty with the clock in the red, only adds to the riddle.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

Love isn’t a riddle waiting to be solved.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 28, 2025

In fact, they immediately set themselves on the task of pleasing Carol and those like her, along with solving the riddle of their immunity, so they can absorb the stragglers into their joy amoeba.

From Salon • Nov. 26, 2025

“That’s too lighthearted. They wouldn’t expect us to feel like that, not with Milligan taken prisoner. It’s a riddle of some kind—important advice. We just have to figure out what it means.”

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart