MYSTIFY in a Sentence
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16 example sentences for MYSTIFY, such as:
1. She gazed at it with a mystified expression.
2. Mary got up, much mystified, and found the cord.
3. The audience must have been totally mystified by the plot.
4. He mystified us all by pouring his drink out of the window.
5. Lestrade grabbed it up and stared at it with mystified eyes.
2. Mary got up, much mystified, and found the cord.
3. The audience must have been totally mystified by the plot.
4. He mystified us all by pouring his drink out of the window.
5. Lestrade grabbed it up and stared at it with mystified eyes.
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Meanings and Examples of MYSTIFY
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mystify
v. bewilder purposely; confuse or puzzle mentally; make obscure or mysterious
Classic Sentence:
1 Night after night, I record predictions that never come to pass, professions that are never fulfilled, explanations that are only meant to mystify.
2 She gazed at it with a mystified expression.
3 Mary got up, much mystified, and found the cord.
4 "Perhaps it is," said the nurse, still looking at him with a mystified expression.
5 But the little oven in the hollow and Mrs. Sowerby's bounties were so satisfying that Mrs. Medlock and the nurse and Dr. Craven became mystified again.
6 Montalivet, transmitted to the prefect of Bayonne, mystified by two Greek words, tele, graphein.
7 Lestrade grabbed it up and stared at it with mystified eyes.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
8 Rance resumed his seat, without however losing his mystified expression.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER IV. WHAT JOHN RANCE HAD TO TELL
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER IV. WHAT JOHN RANCE HAD TO TELL
9 He stood for a few minutes holding the candle aloft, and blinking on our travellers with a dismal and mystified expression that was truly ludicrous.
10 Despite a mystifying listlessness of manner, so strange in a girl of fifteen, she charmed him.
11 Porthos fancied they were mystifying him, and began to curl his mustache and knit his eyebrows; but the knee of Mme.
Example Sentence:
1 Secret brotherhoods surround themselves with arcane rituals and trappings to mystify outsiders.
2 When doctors speak in medical jargon, they often mystify their patients, who have little knowledge of medical terminology.
3 The audience must have been totally mystified by the plot.
4 He mystified us all by pouring his drink out of the window.
5 There is a Caribbean feel to the song and that type of energy and enthusiasm to the song that makes it somewhat mystifying.