Sentence examples for riddle from inspiring English sources
"riddle" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it as both a noun and a verb. Example sentence: I love solving riddles to test my problem-solving skills.
verb
To speak ambiguously or enigmatically.
The Telegraph called the mystery of the Ed Stone the election's "most tantalising riddle" and contacted more than 50 masonry firms, with no luck finding who had crafted it.
Now the riddle is somewhat unravelled by the show's writer Steven Moffat, who revealed some details of the forthcoming special of the BBC series.
The easy answer to the riddle of our elected official's inertia on privacy issues is that there's no money in civil rights.
The riddle of what Herrick has become rumbles on.
Under the Skin, the new film from British director Jonathan Glazer, gave a celebrity twist to an unanswerable riddle when it put a wig on the Scarlett Johansson, sent her off into Glasgow city centre and filmed her performance with hidden cameras.
It is a riddle that has confounded all manner of unconventional firms, from the bare-footed founders of Apple Computer to the cheap and cheerful folk at People Express, one of the first low-cost American airlines.
An interesting little study published this week by the consulting arm of PricewaterhouseCoopers found that the qualities needed in transformational leaders – the sort of strategists capable of rethinking an organisation riddled with cultural and existential problems, like banking after the crash or traditional industries threatened by upstart new rivals – are most commonly found in women over 55.
Only I had been there to capture the moment my husband awoke the next morning and, despite being riddled with cancer, turned to me and whispered, "I can't believe how lucky I am".
That one of the most famous of the nearly 3 million Afghan refugees living in Pakistan should have been able to get the card underlined for many the corruption that riddles much of government.
His statement to the immigration department in support of his bid for political protection is riddled with them.
After that, we stayed put and tried to sunbathe, but the place was riddled with flies and the retired British policeman next door kept asking if we were lesbians.
