sphinxlike

/ ˈsfɪŋksˌlaɪk /

adjective

1. like the Sphinx; enigmatic or inscrutable

Example Sentences

Covering the meeting, The Times described the Chinese with the pejorative “Celestials,” as figures of “sphinxlike” demeanor.

From Los Angeles Times

Cryptics, by comparison, age gracefully: their sphinxlike wordplay has a long shelf life.

From The New Yorker

This sphinxlike silence is, in turn, conducive to a second, more intangible function: to serve as a conduit for mass emotion, a projection screen for national yearning or catharsis.

From New York Times

A memoir, Piepenbring writes in his introduction, might have enhanced the singer’s sphinxlike persona.

From Washington Post

Behind his sphinxlike features, I could sense, there was an air of skepticism.

From The New Yorker

Related Words

• baffling
• cryptic
• curious
• dark
• enigmatic
• inexplicable
• inscrutable
• magical
• mystical
• mystifying
• obscure
• perplexing
• puzzling
• secretive
• strange
• unknown
• weird