How to Use be mysterious in a Sentence

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  • That Careers in the entertainment industry can be mysterious, even for those working in the business.
    — Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2021
  • The connection between the body and mind can be mysterious.
    — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2021
  • Scorpios can be mysterious and deep, which makes sense since they're ruled by Pluto, the planet of passion and force of will, as well as adventurous Mars.
    — Kelsey Clark, Glamour, 11 Sep. 2020
  • Ever since launching nearly a decade ago, Kosmos 2499 has proven to be mysterious.
    — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 10 Feb. 2023
  • But royals must be mysterious, the barriers to entry somewhat sealed, the secrets kept.
    — John Tamny, Forbes, 5 May 2022
  • It’s designed to be mysterious, designed to be enigmatic, designed to feel like there’s no compass.
    — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 15 Sep. 2022
  • Apple’s foldable iPhone may be mysterious, but the iPhone 13 certainly isn’t.
    — Yoni Heisler, BGR, 5 Aug. 2021
  • Even the mechanisms that reliably guarantee the endosymbionts will get into the right cells of their hosts and be passed from one generation to the next can be mysterious.
    — Quanta Magazine, 9 Sep. 2020
  • The characters in the novel are lightly sketched (even Yona’s motivations can be mysterious), and they’re not developed so much as ushered along by plot.
    — Madeline Leung Coleman, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2020
  • Seafood with all its variety can be mysterious and overwhelming.
    — goodhousekeeping.com, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The vague answer in some ways epitomizes Garrett, who can be mysterious, aloof, gregarious and charming in the same conversation.
    — Tom Withers, Star Tribune, 11 Sep. 2020
  • The filmmakers had to cast the role with an actor who could give a subtle performance as a believable human being yet also be mysterious, terrifying, and ultimately unknowable.
    — Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2021
  • Current research efforts are exploring these possibilities, but in the meantime, fibromyalgia continues to be mysterious and confusing.
    — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 4 Aug. 2022

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