How to Use mysterious in a Sentence

mysterious

adjective

• A mysterious illness has been spreading through the city.
• We heard a mysterious noise outside our tent.
• There's something mysterious about that old woman.
• Her behavior was very mysterious.
• He died under mysterious circumstances.
• In the middle of his set, though, a mysterious guest appeared.
  — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 8 Sep. 2023
• Things take a turn for the worse when a mysterious hermit who haunts the forest invades their home.
  — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2023
• By the time people reach Mars, the weather will be less mysterious.
  — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 8 May 2023
• Back then, the APS was this mysterious thing that occupied his time and his mind.
  — Byadrian Cho, science.org, 4 May 2023
• Inge didn’t publish the words of this last, mysterious farewell.
  — Jud Newborn, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Feb. 2023
• Spells, a race through time, and a battle to stop mysterious forces follow.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 July 2023
• The life of an elite PGA Tour caddie has always been somewhat mysterious to me.
  — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 9 May 2024
• The true crime film follows the mysterious death of a young mother and her son's kidnapping.
  — Emy Lacroix, Peoplemag, 29 Sep. 2022
• The true-crime film follows the mysterious death of a young mother and her son's kidnapping.
  — Emy Lacroix, People.com, 4 Oct. 2024
• Outside its grand gates, the Agojie are mysterious, revered and feared.
  — Karen M. Peterson, Variety, 12 Jan. 2023
• Despite having been married to the Queen for more than 70 years, Prince Philip was rather mysterious.
  — Ruth Kinane, Peoplemag, 3 Nov. 2022
• Along the way, Violet meets a witch named Hazel (Fisher), who guides the young girl to a mysterious portal to learn about her future.
  — Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 22 July 2023
• Plot details for the new project remain as mysterious as the name of Grogu’s species, but the studio announced Jon Favreau will direct.
  — Daniel S. Levine, Peoplemag, 9 Jan. 2024
• Likely remains of the mysterious species have also now been found in northern Kenya, Ethiopia and South Africa.
  — Tree Meinch, Discover Magazine, 30 May 2023
• Among the few clues investigators found at the scene were a small drop of blood and reports of a mysterious silver van.
  — Andrew Paparella, ABC News, 2 Feb. 2024
• Meanwhile, rats scurry by and some mysterious black sludge oozes out of the walls—maybe from the same holes that floodwaters shot out of today.
  — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 29 Sep. 2023
• My job is about kind of moving into a feeling, or a mysterious non-word place.
  — Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 15 Feb. 2023
• This world is so mysterious, and new Pokemon are discovered all the time.
  — Vulture, 11 Nov. 2022
• Of the world's seven ancient wonders, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon may just be one of the most mysterious.
  — Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 19 Dec. 2022
• For one thing, an alien culture in which the frankness and frisson of New York are replaced with mysterious rules and empty niceties.
  — Boris Kachka, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
• In one popular tale, a young girl and a maid both died of mysterious causes in one of the hotel suites in the early 20th century.
  — Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 27 Aug. 2023
• Her hand movements cued the doctor to a mysterious disease.
  — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 8 Sep. 2023
• The same child makes a Christmas wish for her father to find new love, and there’s a mysterious Santa-like character.
  — Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2022
• The deer, knowing by some mysterious means that his would-be slayer is a novice, stands still, looking with amusement at buck fever’s latest victim.
  — Jack O’Connor, Outdoor Life, 6 Nov. 2024
• The mysterious deity was a combination of Jupiter, a Roman sky god, and Dolichenus, a thunder god worshipped in what is now southeastern Turkey.
  — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 25 Nov 2024