sphinxlike
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Al Ulbrickson was silent, calm, sphinxlike, slowly working the gum in his mouth.
From Literature
I sat the way 1 had seen them do, sphinxlike, pretending unawareness.
From Literature
Beside him, his daemon lay sphinxlike on the carpet, swishing her tail occasionally and gazing unblinkingly at Lyra.
From Literature
Was it about a woman or about some strange sphinxlike animal?
From Literature
A memoir, Piepenbring writes in his introduction, might have enhanced the singer’s sphinxlike persona.
From Washington Post
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