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noun

enigma

a person or thing that is mysterious or difficult to understand

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Six example sentences with enigma, each labelled with its topic.

  • The object's slow spin remains an enigma, since every model predicts it should have settled billions of years ago.

    Science

  • The lead character stays an enigma to the end, and the film refuses to explain where she came from.

    Movies

  • The team's road record is an enigma to the coaching staff, who cannot find any pattern in eleven losses.

    Basketball

  • The fund's steady returns were an enigma to rivals, who could not work out how it never had a losing quarter.

    Finance

  • The fate of the lost colony remains an enigma, since the settlers left one carved word and no other trace.

    History

  • The sitter's half smile has made the portrait an enigma for five centuries, and every generation reads it differently.

    Art

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