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Example sentences for: sphinx

How can you use “sphinx” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

"Jeffersonism is not Clintonism," says historian Sean Wilentz in the New Republic . The Chicago Tribune , however, concludes that American Sphinx makes manifest so many inconsistencies in Jefferson's thought that it may unwittingly be "the most critical biography of Jefferson published in this century."
American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson
But big poplar sphinx does not say the same thing to everybody.
Not long before this time, between 2575–2550 b.c. , King Kephren had the Sphinx erected in his honor at Giza.
An article chronicles the funny conflict between archaeologists and New Agers over the Sphinx and Pyramids: The New Agers want access to the monuments to test their woolly theories about Atlantis, secret passageways, and undiscovered ancient civilizations.