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Antonyms for sphinxlike


Grammar : Adj



Definition of sphinxlike

  • As in inscrutable : adj hidden, mysterious; blank
  • As in mysterious : adj secret, concealed
  • As in enigmatic : adj mysterious
  • As in mystifying : adj mysterious
  • As in enigmatic/enigmatical : adj mysterious
Example sentences :
  • Think well of yourself, my friend, think well of your sphinxlike eyes.
  • Extract from : « The Call of the Blood » by Robert Smythe Hichens
  • No wonder he “crouches in sphinxlike silence 199 on the curbstone.”
  • Extract from : « The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance » by Paul Elmer More
  • Slowly the Ohio receded from him, somber, implacable, sphinxlike.
  • Extract from : « Mortmain » by Arthur Cheny Train
  • They all looked eagerly at the criminologist on his return, but his face was sphinxlike.
  • Extract from : « The Black Box » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • His manner was sphinxlike again, and the Englishman eyed him curiously, feeling a strong desire to kick him in the shins.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Witness » by George Gibbs
  • Her husband sat unbendingly silent, in a sphinxlike attitude that gave no outward indication of his mental uneasiness.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • Katherine for once took up the gauntlet, while one of her sphinxlike smiles hovered about her mouth.
  • Extract from : « The Career of Katherine Bush » by Elinor Glyn
  • For one moment he looked up and met her eyes, and she allowed hers to show that sphinxlike smile before she lowered the lids.
  • Extract from : « The Career of Katherine Bush » by Elinor Glyn
  • The sphinxlike smile hovered round Katherine's mouth; it was enigmatic and horribly tantalizing.
  • Extract from : « The Career of Katherine Bush » by Elinor Glyn
  • The granite rests in unalterable calm, sphinxlike, on the edge of the watery desert.
  • Extract from : « In the Open » by Stanton Davis Kirkham

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