How to Use mysteriously in a Sentence

mysteriously

adverb
  • Who cares if his khaki shirt is wet and then mysteriously dry in the same scene?
    — Chris Nashawaty, EW.com, 20 June 2025
  • While the rest of the ocean warms, that patch has been mysteriously cooling.
    — Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2025
  • Each is mysteriously drawn to a light shop that sits at the end of a seedy alleyway.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 19 Feb. 2024
  • People who watched a cursed, creepy video would all mysteriously die in seven days.
    — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 28 Feb. 2023
  • But her world is upended when a tourist mysteriously dies at one of her parties.
    — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 22 Feb. 2025
  • The glade has mysteriously emptied of wildlife just before a highway is set to be built straight through it.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026
  • When his barn mysteriously burns, the villagers exert themselves, at great risk, to put out the fire.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2025
  • This fragrance provides a mysteriously dark, sleek, bold scent that is long-lasting and durable.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
  • As members of the party are mysteriously killed off, the group soon realizes there is a killer in their midst.
    — Niamh Kennedy, CNN, 15 July 2023
  • Rose’s life turns upside down when his wife and daughter mysteriously walk out of his life and disappear for months.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Palm fronds riffled in the hot breeze as the sky darkened and the air smelled, mysteriously, of salad dressing.
    — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The song mysteriously blew up out of nowhere over the weekend, which, well, is fishy for various reasons.
    — Nilay Patel, The Verge, 19 Apr. 2023
  • This snappy set is begging to be paired with your fave sunglasses to create a mysteriously cool look this fall.
    — Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The next day, the KFC has mysteriously moved one block closer to your house.
    — Noah Giansiracusa, Time, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The feud started when Cargill was mysteriously attacked and tossed onto a car.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Merrill is one of many Padres who are mysteriously slumping this season.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
  • Now, what fans thought was one Joe Alwyn easter egg in the clip has mysteriously turned into two.
    — Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
  • In his arms, a baby Jesus with mysteriously mature eye bags flashes a peace sign.
    — Hannah Towey, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Yet mysteriously, there are not as many as scientists expect — and new research might explain why.
    — Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 16 Feb. 2026
  • In the midst of the chaos, Clara mysteriously shows up and finds her family at Favalli's home.
    — Caroline Blair, People.com, 6 May 2025
  • Taking place on a cruise ship, a new recruit is on the hunt for his missing sister who mysteriously vanished while working aboard the boat.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 1 Mar. 2023
  • The deal did not collapse mysteriously.
    — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
  • Pastor Jones happened to be on his computer when the post popped up mysteriously.
    — Staff, FOXNews.com, 28 Nov. 2025
  • But when both of their husbands are mysteriously killed on duty, the women are whisked back stateside with no answers or closure.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Emails to the seller go unanswered, and the listing mysteriously disappears from the site.
    — Lars Daniel, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
  • For the mysteriously ill, friends, family, and health care providers all too easily assume the role of judge and jury.
    — Eleanor Cummins, The New Republic, 11 May 2023
  • Between two and three million years ago, the number of virus species infecting fish in the lake mysteriously mushroomed.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Fresh Coffee is a comforting and inviting scent that smells like home and will mysteriously draw people to mom.
    — Lois Alter Mark, Forbes, 4 May 2023
  • Slowikowska employs the rookie host to retrieve her pen that mysteriously has become perched atop a camera.
    — Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 28 Jan. 2026
  • There was even proof of this on the Internet which has since ‘mysteriously’ disappeared.
    — Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2023

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