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

The song’s lyrics don’t directly correspond to the beauty and pain contained in “Sound of Falling” — it’s just one more layer of enigma in a movie that doesn’t answer all its riddles.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2026

Mr Williams then created Masquerade, a book filled with cryptic riddles pointing to the hare's location, which attracted treasure hunters from around the globe before it was finally unearthed in 1982.

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2025

I grew up doing crosswords, riddles and rebuses.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2025

‘In one thing you have not changed, dear friend,’ said Aragorn: ‘you still speak in riddles.’

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien