Example Sentences

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"That's for me to know and my biographer to find out," Barnes replies, somewhat enigmatically.

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026

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

Varys had laid a finger on his cheek, smiling enigmatically.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin