Examples of mystification in a Sentence

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Recent Examples on the Web John Berger’s idea of ‘mystification,’ for example, describes how the ‘original’ upholds ‘ideological interests of the ruling class’ through arcane ways of emphasizing technique. — Matthew Carey Salyer, Forbes, 13 May 2021 But, as British viewers found to their mystification, American TV eagerly advertises pharmaceutical remedies for practically every other imaginable human condition. — Samanth Subramanian, Quartz, 8 Mar. 2021 My favorite element, which mirrors my mystification at the matter-of-factness of the image, is an adorably witless donkey. — Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2021 Han has a perfect ear for a child’s perception of the world, that uncanny mixture of confidence, innocence and mystification. — Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2020 Throughout, however, the biography is judicious on topics that often inspire hyperbole and mystification. — Donald S. Lopez, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2020 Money and mystification, not knowledge or ignorance, are its cardinal points. — Longreads, 17 Sep. 2019 But even in those conversations, officials often expressed mystification about how decisions in the Trump administration were made and policy generated. — David E. Sanger, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2019 But even in those conversations, officials often expressed mystification about how decisions in the Trump administration were made and policy was generated. — David E. Sanger, New York Times, 10 July 2019

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