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synonyms for riddles
- mystery
- dilemma
- conundrum
- puzzle
- quandary
- complexity
- enigma
- strait
- mystification
- perplexity
- plight
- complication
- stickler
- question
- doubt
- maze
- twister
- puzzlement
- cryptogram
- labyrinth
- confusion
- embarrassment
- entanglement
- poser
- distraction
- predicament
- bewilderment
- charade
- intricacy
- problem
- teaser
- stumper
- rebus
- brain-twister
- closed book
- knotty question
- mind-boggler
- sixty-four dollar question
- tough nut to crack
- tough proposition
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How to use riddles in a sentence
Kasta had at last had yielded its dead, but not the answers to its riddles.
Is This Alexander the Great’s Tomb—or His Wife’s? | James Romm | December 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDickinson did this as a game and a test—she loved riddles and turned herself into a riddle wrapped in her own lines.
Sor Juana: Mexico’s Most Erotic Poet and Its Most Dangerous Nun | Katie Baker | November 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis unbearable realization riddles us with a paralyzing existential anxiety that we need to do something with, and quickly.
On Transhumanism and Why Technology Is Our Silicon Nervous System | Jason Silva | April 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
They had to be accessorized with riddles and pretentions in order to make them worthy of a runway presentation.
Paris Fall Fashion Week Ends With Vuitton and Kanye | Robin Givhan | March 7, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd thou didst multiply riddles in parables: thy name went abroad to the islands far off, and thou wast beloved in thy peace.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousFrom 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 AndersenI think you might do something better with the time,' she said, 'than waste it in asking riddles that have no answers.'
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Lewis CarrollBoy, I tell you, I've written nothing—I know nothing; you speak in riddles.
Heart | Martin Farquhar TupperIt 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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