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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:

One can see how archaeologists arrive for one season and never leave — the ruins and artifacts, like the enigmatic smile of the Sphinx, pose more questions than we have answers.
Destination: Egypt, where a young boy lobs it past the pyramids and an inquiring Sphinx.
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.
There are one thousand different hawkmoths and sphinx moths in the world, and there are over a hundred thousand moths in other families of moths, and among them there are many dozens of poplar moths, big and little.
Modern feminists interested in language may be sisters to Rukeyser's Sphinx.