Her glance took in the table, sweeping over the stacked saucers, but, behind the veil, her expression remained an enigma. And of the many enigmas which present themselves, either in its structure or separate parts, the key seems hopelessly lost.
It was no business of mine, to be sure; but with none the less pertinacity did I occupy myself in attempts to resolve the enigma.
He tried to figure out the cessation: it seemed to him it was his duty to figure it out: he must unravel enigmas , supply answers. She was beautiful, but so frigid in her manner; she seemed made of stone, yet she rode splendidly to hounds—altogether an enigma. Of course, such hiatuses are to be expected; even in man such enigmas as the disparate sex ratio still challenge the investigator. Having satisfied our curiosity, and bound every one in the house to secrecy, it became a question what was to be done with our Enigma?
For the most part he pondered on the blank mystery of life and on the enigma of love, which to him seemed far more productive of pain than of joy. I concealed my surprise, reflecting that my amiable uncle's sudden change of front was only one more enigma in a day fully devoted to incomprehensibility.
According to the story of his companion, the only witness, he had slipped and fallen to the bottom of the shaft—and his death, as his life, remained an enigma. Formerly I used to like to know my fellow-creatures; now I have discovered that one should always know oneself before attempting to decipher other human enigmas.
The answer to the enigma is to be found partly in European conditions and partly in the cheapness of transportation after the opening of the era of steam navigation.
Matson was thankful for the breathing space, all too well aware that it might be the last that Mankind might have, but the enigma of the aliens still bothered him. The occult scientist has convinced himself that a consideration of the visible world propounds enigmas to man which can never be solved out of the facts of that world itself. Then, again, all the great enigmas which perplex the natural theologian are the same in all ages. Synonym: mystery , problem , puzzle , riddle , stumper.
Similar words: stigma , denigrate , paradigm , dogmatic , a young man , pragmatic , night , at night. Random good picture Not show. The newspapers were full of stories about the enigma of Lord Lucan's disappearance. This interpretation in no way diminishes the enigma of the relationship between electrochemical events in the nervous system and conscious experiences. The other enigma is how to get musical unity between one section of a work and the rest.
All are tied to the enigma of death, and to the complexity of our feelings when faced with historic events. He is the New York Mets'biggest enigma this season. Holtz is as big an enigma on the field as off. And so Clinton as president is a bit of an enigma. The word " enigma " applies equally to both. She has a taste for enigma , a taste for intrigue. It's difficult to see enigma in a sentence.
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