How to Use enigma in a Sentence

enigma

noun
  • To his friends, he was always something of an enigma.
  • Jazz was an enigma to me, a child of rock ‘n’ roll.
    — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2025
  • This year’s team, like its new head coach, is a bit of an enigma.
    — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Kendra is a little bit of an enigma.
    — Addie Morfoot, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The brain is, at least to me, an enigma wrapped in a mystery.
    — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 20 Oct. 2019
  • What made the role so tricky is that Gary Hart was an enigma.
    — Adam Rathe, Town & Country, 21 Nov. 2018
  • Senga has been an enigma for the Mets over the last few years.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 15 June 2026
  • Rob Fetters, in many ways, is an enigma.
    — Otto Rabe, Cincinnati Enquirer, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Simpson has been one of the biggest enigmas in this year’s draft.
    — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Loeb thought the radio flash was a compelling enigma—but not much more than that.
    — Katia Moskvitch, WIRED, 21 July 2019
  • John Ibrahim is – amongst so many things – an enigma wrapped in a mystery.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 16 Mar. 2022
  • The labor market has been its own enigma.
    — Brian Cheung, NBC news, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Suga was an enigma to the producers.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Rodgers remains, as always, a bit of an enigma who keeps his cards very close to the vest.
    — CBS News, 19 May 2026
  • Proctor has been somewhat of an enigma.
    — Dane Brugler, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Maybe that's why, since humans have been on Earth, the sea has been an enigma to us.
    — Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Basco remains for many an enigma and a symbol of the city's pain.
    — Dallas News, 17 Aug. 2019
  • An enigma for the first half of the year and a killer from Wimbledon on.
    — SI.com, 23 Aug. 2017
  • And my feeling was to just refuse to acknowledge this kind of enigma stuff.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 28 Dec. 2024
  • What this is supposed to mean in policy terms is an enigma, to say the least.
    — Yuen Yuen Ang, Foreign Affairs, 22 May 2019
  • The story behind the church remains an enigma, and part of its charm.
    — Celestine Bohlen, New York Times, 15 July 2019
  • Those are still an enigma but thought to be a hybrid of the waking and sleeping states.
    — Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 9 May 2023
  • The mystery of Prince’s death mirrors the enigma of his life.
    — John Eligon, Serge F. Kovaleski and Joe Coscarelli, New York Times, 4 May 2016
  • One of the strangest and least-studied enigmas, though, is how tattoos survive at all.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Here are a few of the most intriguing enigmas and cold cases of the West.
    — Nicole Clausing, Sunset Magazine, 17 Jan. 2020
  • Here are a few of the most intriguing enigmas and cold cases of the West.
    — Nicole Clausing, Sunset Magazine, 17 Jan. 2020
  • For a while in the series, the motive remains an enigma, as does Marsh.
    — Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Yet, one aspect of her signature style that’s remained an enigma is her scent.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Despite the enigma of the man’s midsection, the date is a success.
    — New York Times, 27 Dec. 2021
  • The only British politician known around the world remains an enigma.
    — Annabelle Timsit, Quartz, 13 Dec. 2019

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