Crossword-Solution: SPHINXLIKE
We have 3 clues for the answer “SPHINXLIKE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| like a sphinx | 1 answer |
| Inscrutable. | 19 answers |
| Enigmatic | 84 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
MECEZA
Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with SPHINXLIKE (5)
What do you think of his playing?” In spite of herself, for she did not like expanding to this sphinxlike little man, Gyp murmured: “Oh, simply wonderful, of course!” He nodded, and then rather suddenly said, with a peculiar little smile: “May I introduce him? Gustav—Miss Winton!” Gyp turned.
There are, besides, some that are merely statues, colossal figures that have never held a corpse in their interiors; these all wear a strange, scarcely perceptible smile; in their huge sphinxlike headgear they reach nearly to the ceiling and their set stare passes high above our heads.
And between them and that sunset was a vast rock stretching out from a ponderous shore--a colossal stone lion, resting Sphinxlike, keeping its faith with the ages.
Her husband sat unbendingly silent, in a sphinxlike attitude that gave no outward indication of his mental uneasiness.
There is something almost terrifying to me about this quiet collectedness--this Pierpont Morgan touch of sphinxlike aloofness from either malice or mercy.
Quotes with SPHINXLIKE (1)
LAW 4 Always Say Less Than Necessary When you are trying to impress people with words, the more you say, the more common you appear, and the less in control. Even if you are saying something banal, it will seem original if you make it vague, open-ended, and sphinxlike. Powerful people impress and intimidate by saying less. The more you say, the more likely you are to say something foolish.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1952–2014).