riddles

Example Sentences

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Yet she’s also a protein-loading weight-lifting buff who favors all-black outfits and clear opinions, not a robed oracle speaking in riddles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

Throughout the game, there will be scavenger hunts using video calls where residents get the chance to solve puzzles and riddles then send staff off to find the next clue.

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026

“The reason we do this is we like to solve riddles, and the stranger and harder the riddle that we can solve, the happier we are.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2025

This season has unspooled a few new plotlines already, but it has also tied a few up and made major leaps toward answers to its largest riddles.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2025

And after A.J. told a few riddles, Mrs. Brisbane looked around the circle and said, “Did I miss anyone?”

From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney