Sentence examples for merely cryptic from inspiring English sources

Others were merely cryptic.

Mark Felt, the F.B.I. official who was Watergate's Deep Throat, merely gave cryptic spoken clues to Bob Woodward — he absolutely depended on journalism to get the story out.

But less cryptic answers are available.

The cryptic quotes aren't merely tacky, but also cowardly.

Gregory Derelian's performance suggests that Caliban may be more thoughtful, cryptic and victimized than merely savage.

But these messages were cryptic.

She wants to do more than understand the seemingly cryptic work of the scientists merely for her own benefit: she also wants to convey its social and cultural significance to a broader public and thus attempts to span the distance between ourselves and science that we have come to perceive as seemingly unbridgeable….

But the name YearlyKos is usefully cryptic.

Instead of formally announcing the start of a game, ARGs merely leave clues for potential players to follow: a subtle image on a poster, perhaps, or a cryptic message on a website.

Very cryptic.

Drake offers cryptic koans.