enigma
noun
a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation.
Example Sentences
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Kohli ends his retirement post on Instagram enigmatically.
From BBC ● May 13, 2025
From a marker enigmatically labelled “hairy,” I register a greasy smell.
From Salon ● Jan. 5, 2025
In the North Sea, the researchers identified 42458 of these enigmatically shaped, shallow pits with an average depth of just eleven centimeters, which differ in their morphology from the more conical craters of the pockmarks.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 21, 2023
It’s the connections between the disparate parts that make “Same Bed Different Dreams” succeed so powerfully yet enigmatically.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2023
“Better a dead father than an absent one,” Blanca enigmatically replied, and she never mentioned it again.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
