sphinxlike

/ (ˈsfɪŋksˌlaɪk) /

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adjective

like the Sphinx; enigmatic or inscrutable

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sphincter, sphingid, sphingomyelin, sphingosine, sphinx, sphinxlike, sphinx moth, sphragistic, sphragistics, sp. ht., sphygmic

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How to use sphinxlike in a sentence

They all looked eagerly at the criminologist on his return, but his face was sphinxlike.
The Black Box|E. Phillips Oppenheim
But Burr, who was in New York, could not easily be communicated with and kept his sphinxlike silence.
Thomas Jefferson|Gilbert Chinard
Good and evil is the challenging riddle which life places sphinxlike before every intelligence.
Autobiography of a YOGI|Paramhansa Yogananda
Master then sat sphinxlike in an unrelenting silence, punctuated by the boy's sobs for mercy.
Autobiography of a YOGI|Paramhansa Yogananda

But I really came to ask you to do something for me, Miss Roscoe, she smiled at the sphinxlike figure.
Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905|Various

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