enigma
noun
a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation.
Example Sentences
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"What passes sometimes leaves more light than what remains," he wrote enigmatically in a message for guests at the Spring-Summer 2027 show in front of the Eiffel Tower.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
"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
They wave enigmatically, gnotobiotically, to the President from behind glass panes, so as not to breathe moondust on him.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
