Sentence examples for both cryptic and explicit from inspiring English sources
"Zeroville," with its dizzying, in-the-know, name-and-place dropping (and its incessant allusions to famous movies and their stars, both cryptic and explicit) is a kind of novelistic refutation of Biskind's book — without an index.
The video, both cryptic and startling, is shot entirely in a warehouse.
The title, like Harrison's oeuvre, is both cryptic and hilarious: "Rump Steak and Onions".
This structure is both cryptic and oddly suspenseful, since the book successfully obscures the way in which its pieces ultimately connect.
Another team member, probably realizing those answers sounded both cryptic and harsh, chimed in.
The co-existence of both cryptic and polymorphic species of fig wasps has rendered taxonomy both difficult and error-prone.
This can result in many, sometimes intractable, problems, especially in groups that have both cryptic and polymorphic species.
Double trouble occurs when both cryptic and polymorphic species co-occur within a species complex, as happens in fig wasps.
After stopping at a deserted motel for cryptic conversation and explicit sex — during which we notice the strange scar on Betty's stomach — the pair run afoul of a ruthless gang of hillbilly hooligans.
