How to Use cryptic in a Sentence

cryptic

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• His instructions were cryptic. He said only to wait until we felt certain the answer was clear.
• Some cryptic spiders even disguise themselves as a lichen to ambush prey.
  — Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 15 Feb. 2022
• Revisit the album below and check out Levi’s cryptic post above.
  — Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 24 Sep. 2024
• That cryptic verse in Scripture has spawned many religious discussions.
  — Lauren Green, Fox News, 14 Feb. 2022
• Alec Baldwin is sharing a cryptic message as fallout from the Rust shooting continues.
  — Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com, 25 Feb. 2022
• Walter, a likable eccentric, spent his life endeavoring to prove, by way of cryptic codes, that Francis Bacon had written the works of Shakespeare.
  — Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2022
• In the days and weeks before the killings, Travieso made cryptic posts on his Facebook page.
  — Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 15 Dec. 2023
• For her part, the pop-punk princess left a cryptic comment on the post in the form of three black heart emojis.
  — Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 4 Apr. 2023
• And a Roger Stone aide makes a (not-so) cryptic comment.
  — Grace Segers, The New Republic, 14 Apr. 2022
• Its world is dark and cryptic, both a place to explore and a puzzle to pick apart.
  — Brandon Widder, The Verge, 14 June 2023
• The artist’s devoted fans were quick to pounce on the cryptic post with jokes, questions and more.
  — Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 29 Sep. 2022
• And Chen Moonves has not been tweeting out any cryptic clues.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 Jan. 2023
• This cryptic message is not the only mystery about the firm.
  — Javier Paz, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
• The band teased the album last month with a cryptic ad in the local paper Hackney Gazette.
  — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 6 Sep. 2023
• All of these cryptic messages have us in a fever-pitch over season 5.
  — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 25 Sep. 2022
• For the best part of a month, the family has teased the launch in cryptic posts that offer little detail.
  — Joel Khalili, WIRED, 4 Sep. 2024
• The title is cryptic, and the trailer mostly avoids imagery from anything past the first act.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2022
• Bohle has missed the last handful of practices and Edwards was a bit cryptic when asked what ailment has been the issue.
  — Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 27 Aug. 2022
• The network released a teaser trailer as well as a cryptic poster.
  — Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 23 Dec. 2022
• With no screen, the poor AI Pin can only communicate to the outside world via a cryptic light show.
  — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 10 Nov. 2023
• Watch Gaga refuse to comment on her cryptic posts and pass out popcorn below.
  — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 23 Sep. 2024
• Zahau’s hands and feet were bound, a T-shirt was stuffed into her mouth and a cryptic message was scrawled in black paint on the bedroom door.
  — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2022
• The news was announced in a cryptic tweet from the star's Taylor Nation Twitter page on Thursday.
  — Justine Browning, EW.com, 23 June 2022
• But there was a cryptic teaser of the new season, which included maybe 10 seconds of footage.
  — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Nov. 2023
• No one can accuse Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk of being cryptic about his next project.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 4 Apr. 2022
• Jordan Peele is doling out a few more details about his cryptic new thriller.
  — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2022
• The distrib rolled out cryptic clips leading into the first trailer.
  — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 12 July 2024
• There are 15 distinct videos, some more cryptic than others.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2023
• If anything, this latest dust-up adds to her cryptic image.
  — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 15 Aug. 2023
• There is even more potential diversity among invertebrates, with some researchers estimating that every insect species described on the basis of anatomy might contain anywhere from three to six cryptic species.
  — Asher Elbein, Scientific American, 24 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 25 Oct 2024