Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for Delphic
Adjective
  • According to the institute statement, which remained ambiguous about the mosquito’s permanence, the insect probably arrived via freight transportation.
    Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Perhaps its message is meant to be deliberately ambiguous—or maybe there’s no message at all.
    Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Welch announced their album Everybody Scream back in August, following a few cryptic teasers.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
  • This led many fans to believe that online discussions and interviews referencing his expiring contract were part of an elaborate storyline, given Kross's cryptic persona.
    Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Helena, meanwhile, was supposedly a mystic receiving directions from spiritual masters hidden in the Himalayas.
    Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 24 Oct. 2025
  • This was the danger Madison considered — that mystic memory would falsely elevate the Constitution.
    Big Think, Big Think, 10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Some use protocols that are not designed to protect privacy, obscure ownership or fail to encrypt traffic properly.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The jokes about gallon jars of mayonnaise perhaps obscure the company’s true power.
    Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Mia Wasikowska plays Edith, an heiress who marries a seductive baron, Thomas Sharpe (Tom Hiddleston), and moves into his enormous, decaying mansion — which is also inhabited by Thomas' enigmatic sister, Lucille (Jessica Chastain).
    Steven Thrash, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Brides finds Sally Bishop (Cooke) and her husband on a trip to Northern Italy in 1961, where they get stranded at a remote villa run by the enigmatic Vova (Lawtey), who presides over a household of beautiful, deathless women (Turner-Smith, Prettejohn) and their caretaker (Gorman).
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • For a darker experience in the City of Light, venture beneath Paris and explore its hundreds of miles of catacombs.
    Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Patrick wore a classic dark grey suit with coordinating pants and jacket.
    Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • In a decadent Venetian hotel, androgynous Eva is drawn to the mysterious Contessa.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025
  • When a mysterious prankster befalls the town of Middlesburg, 13-year-old Frances McCausland (Erin Chambers) gets blamed for the mischief.
    Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
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“Delphic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Delphic. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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