Cryptic Sentence Examples

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  • The cryptic response made her hesitate.

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  • I knew Quinn kept cryptic notes of machine settings and results but I was sure the majority of his writings remained in Keene.

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  • Damian straightened, at his limit with the cryptic nonsense.

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  • Two days later, a cryptic message was posted on his regular secure web site.

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  • He watched the change, irritated by the bizarre mood swings and cryptic ramblings that defined Darian's speech lately.

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  • From their years together, he knew the cryptic response was the best he'd get.

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  • Some clues are quite cryptic, forcing kids to exercise their brains.

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  • Suddenly, Andre's cryptic warning made sense.

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  • Nothing will raise suspicions faster than guarded phone calls and cryptic messages.

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  • Can you help solve the riddle of the cryptic messages found engraved on old Wurzels records?

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  • Deidre's bucket list came to mind, distracting him from interpreting Fate's cryptic comparison.

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  • Your next short letter was too cryptic for me.

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  • I shall be careful in future not to make my remarks so cryptic.

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  • Barring some freak discovery, the story will remain as cryptic as it is touching.

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  • They do offer a " guide " to installing SuSe from the net, but it lacks detail and seems intentionally cryptic to me.

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  • The written English children used would have been say writing formal thank you letters for Christmas presents and passing cryptic notes around the classroom.

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  • Some of the runes are cryptic tree runes which are easily deciphered by a numeric code based on the futhark - the runic alphabet.

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  • By Roselli 's cryptic account, Castro learned the identity of the underworld contacts in Havana who had been trying to knock him off.

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  • The meaning of a text-based tattoo doesn't have to be any more or less obvious than a graphic tattoo; a couple of lines from your favorite poem can be just as cryptic as an image of something.

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  • Some browsers file it under "security"; others under "languages"; Netscape Communicator had it under the cryptic heading "Advanced".

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  • At the end of his patience with the cryptic demon, Gabriel left.

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  • This leads us on to another common form of cryptic clue, in which a word is hidden in the letters of a phrase.

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  • The newuser letter contains a somewhat cryptic string printed at the bottom of the page.

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  • I see that you have been taken in by the rather cryptic " other " link - you must be of the curious kind.

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  • Levels above 3 are designed for use only by developers and generate HUGE amounts of data, most of which is extremely cryptic.

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  • Back buttons are disabled, JavaScript is demanded and the log-in routine is often cryptic at best.

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  • If you use cryptic, abbreviated names then you will receive cryptic email messages and your users will see cryptic, abbreviated error messages.

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  • The scalloped hammerhead in the western north Atlantic is actually a new, cryptic, species.

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  • The cryptic intron contains sequences similar to those required for recognition of normal plant introns.

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  • Their specialty is a dark cryptic sarcasm that encases a surprising core belief in the power of love.

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  • Listed below are 10 cryptic clues some a little tricksy, most fairly easy-peasy.

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  • It is for these cryptic and often flatulent bits of ' thinking ' that the book was so badly received when it first appeared.

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  • Trying to figure out a cryptic definition or trying to remember that obscure movie from the 1950s that will fill out the rest of an entire line of answers is difficult unless you have a crossword dictionary handy.

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  • Favorite teacher's telling you good luck, best friends pledging to be there forever, secret crushes writing cryptic messages- they're all there for you to smile over, cry, over and in some cases, puzzle through!

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  • They may be cryptic and confusing but they may be prophetic as well.

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  • A very unique engagement ring coupled with a traditional setting and standard "will you marry me" does not constitute a creative proposal, but choosing an outrageous setting or cryptic question can revitalize the event.

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  • In the absence of a plot description, moviegoers are only given what is called a logline-a short, cryptic sentence that may or may not give away what they're going to see when the curtain goes up.

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  • Neil even admits to inventing the passage simply to show how Nostradamus passages are so cryptic as to allow whatever interpretation one would like to apply.

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  • The cryptic utterances of Yoda - "Do, or do not.

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  • These magic users are secretive, jealous of their knowledge and prone to cryptic utterances and encoded notes.

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  • The article offered cryptic spoilers based on poses like one Cylon Six pointing a finger at another.

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  • Some cryptic correspondence with the pope, whether actually by James or by Elphinstone, one of his ministers, came apparently to the knowledge of the English court; his secret relations with the earl of Essex were, if not known, suspected; the young earl of Gowrie, returned from a residence on the continent, was too effusively welcomed by Elizabeth in May 1600; and James made a tactless speech when asking parliament for money towards his " honourable entering to the crown of England after the death of the queen."

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  • In cryptic fashion the poet thus registers a vow of vengeance on the Philistines.

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  • He failed to make the cryptic words in any way friendly, and the cold glare seared through her.

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