Sentence examples for intrigued scholars from inspiring English sources

What went on in Singer's soul during this time is a question that has intrigued scholars for years.

Kaifeng Jew, Wade-Giles romanization K'ai-feng Jew, member of a former religious community in Henan province, China, whose careful observance of Jewish precepts over many centuries has long intrigued scholars.

This is the first time these mysterious works have been exhibited outside Istanbul, where they are kept in the Topkapi.Pasted in an album a century or so after they were created, alongside other lesser drawings, the ink and gouache scenes of devils and daily life have intrigued scholars for decades.

Two manuscripts in particular have intrigued scholars because they portray land holdings in the Valley of Mexico along with their measurements, using the Aztec numbering system, for purposes of taxation.

Sensitive and intelligent, Dickinson has long intrigued scholars, who have speculated on the myriad reasons for her isolation.

Tiro was Cicero's secretary and slave, the man who invented shorthand and published a multi-volume life of Cicero, which disappeared with the collapse of the Roman empire but has intrigued scholars ever since.

The window intrigues scholars because of its rare images: a third of the panels illustrate the life of the Antichrist.

What particularly intrigues scholars and curators is that Vermeer, unlike Rembrandt, did not have a circle of artists working in his studio, nor did he apparently have pupils.

In fact, Tom and his wife, Aunt Chloe, do have children, but Baldwin has a point: the question of Uncle Tom's relation to his family and his marital status has long intrigued Stowe scholars.

Predicting box-office receipts of a particular motion picture has intrigued many scholars and industry leaders as a difficult and challenging problem.

He produced many of the long narrative poems that still intrigue scholars, but he also wrote lyrics that endeared him to the admiring young men and women who formed the first Browning Society in 1881.