riddles

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On this page you'll find 58 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to riddles, such as: mystery, dilemma, conundrum, puzzle, quandary, and complexity.

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How to use riddles in a sentence

  • They had to be accessorized with riddles and pretentions in order to make them worthy of a runway presentation.

  • And thou didst multiply riddles in parables: thy name went abroad to the islands far off, and thou wast beloved in thy peace.

  • From every tree hung three or four kings' sons who had wooed the princess, but had been unable to guess her riddles.

    Rudy and Babette | Hans Christian Andersen
  • I think you might do something better with the time,' she said, 'than waste it in asking riddles that have no answers.'

  • Boy, I tell you, I've written nothing—I know nothing; you speak in riddles.

    Heart | Martin Farquhar Tupper
  • It is up there that they invent the legends for the crackers, and the wonderful riddles and remarks on the bonbons.

    A Little Dinner at Timmins's | William Makepeace Thackeray

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