How To Use Mystify In A Sentence

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The aims of the scheme are to demystify science in the eyes of students and to get scientists to explain what they do in normal, everyday language.
Why then mystify the clear and limpid line by making of the rituals cloistered and fetid mysteries when they are open to the sky, unregimented, free, and democratic? An Autobiography
The editorials and breast-beating must look quaint and mystifying at the very least.
Layering jewelry can be mystifying, which is why this single piece composed of rhinestones, faux pearls, beads, and chains is so genius. CNN.com

In response to my attempts a few weeks ago to demystify the day-to-day movements in share prices, one reader has asked for a similar explanation of the foreign exchange markets.
The reason for this is truly mystifying as she never missed an opportunity to work with both famous and unknown singers and orchestras.
But the first rule of demystifying is one must herself be demystified before attempting to demystify. ProWomanProLife » Woah, Nellie
This book aims to demystify medical treatments.
Morgan manages to mystify people without even trying.
While they may not have been such strict barricades as has often been supposed, choir screens were highly potent in their role as mystifying enclosures.
But the first rule of demystifying is one must herself be demystified before attempting to demystify. ProWomanProLife » Woah, Nellie
Likewise, she points out, she has never chosen to include glossaries to demystify certain words for an overseas readership.
The aim is to demystify subjects and there is an emphasis on moving away from professional jargon and universal objectivity.
I can't figure out why he's popular in New York City, but then New Yorkers still mystify me.
Including the term ‘rhetoric,’ we rhetoricians argued, would help to both demystify the term and avoid giving the impression that the option was a sort of vocational track.
Would we please try not to mystify thing by posting it again? Daniel Schorr Predicts Bush Will Pardon Telcom Companies | Crooks ...
What I need is a book that will demystify the workings of a car engine for me.
In his book Orientalism, Edward Said points out that foreign cultures are set up as being different, backward and separate by the unconscious desire to mystify and exoticise their behaviour, history and geography.
Chidenga, the Zimbabwe wildlife chief, said world efforts to "demystify" the medicinal affects of rhino horn - consisting of keratin, the main component of human fingernails and hair - failed to yield results in Asia. Kansas City Star: Front Page
This book attempts to demystify the male worlds of plumbing and carpentry.
What’s mystifying is that interviewers allow her to get away with it. Think Progress » Bachmann’s Latest Whopper: ‘The Federal Government Literally Owns Banks’
Actually, the job is so huge, the spotlight so hot, the weight of becoming part of history so heavy, that some candidates go through a mental process of demystifying the job, say those who have known presidents and presidential wannabes.
She brings a romantic and mystifying element to each role that mesmerizes me.
And so for the president not to pardon him after this while pardoning Mr. Rich, it does kind of mystify me. CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: When Is a Presidential Pardon Unpardonable? - January 29, 2001
Even more mystifying is home run king Barry Bonds not being subpoenaed. USATODAY.com - Priorities of Congress questioned
Have abortion stories failed to "demystify" the procedure? Outing Abortion, From Town Halls to Twitter
`Frankly, as an educationalist, I find your attitude a little mystifying, Moira. AN OLDER WOMAN
The only one of his senior officials who I have actually met is the incoming National Security Adviser, Jim Jones, who I went to see once at SHAPE in Mons when he was SACEUR (sorry for the mystifying abbreviations but spelling them out in full is tedious). Last night's events
They may be a depraved tangle but it's the disparate concoction and uninhibited mindset that improbably make this band one of the most inventive and mystifyingly unsettling live acts I've seen in ages.
rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands
As he proceeds, the city's forms and angles confuse and mystify him.
Being late to apply to a good public school (what they mystifyingly call private schools in England) my father enrolled my brother and I in what was considered to be one of the better grammar (no-fee) schools in London, St. Marylebone. Hooman Majd: An American Wog on July 4th
Here, most of all in the project appraisal, does quantification mystify and legitimate in the name of objective economic analysis.
She is a rigorously skeptical and a profoundly visionary poet, a writer whose demystifying intelligence is matched by a passionate embrace of poetry's rejuvenating power.
And also, for those who take their history seriously, a little mystifying. Times, Sunday Times
This anthology launches a counter-offensive against the inhuman and mystifying terminologies of high finance. The Times Literary Supplement
Postirony seeks not to demystify but to befuddle, not to synthesize opposites but to suspend them, keeping open all possibilities at once. THE SAVAGE GIRL
Postirony seeks not to demystify but to befuddle, not to synthesize opposites but to suspend them, keeping open all possibilities at once. THE SAVAGE GIRL
Here, most of all in the project appraisal, does quantification mystify and legitimate in the name of objective economic analysis.
Snake charming is always fascinating and at times mystifying.
They will help users to navigate and access content across all platforms, with a wider remit of helping to demystify technology.
The performers were anything but word perfect and hopelessly forgot or confused their business, which, more especially in a play of such a type as this romantic comedy so full of busy and complicated detail demanding close and continuous attention, was enough to mystify the audience completely and foredoom the piece to failure. The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume I
They have been berated for being bland, boring, meandering and, most mystifying of all, not playing trance or whatever this week's essential dancefloor mutation is.
North Korean students are taught Revolutionary History from elementary school to university, a subject full of tales that mystify and beatify the Kim dynasty, said Jun Myung-ho, a defector based in Seoul, who worked in North Korea's ruling Workers' Party for nine years before escaping to the South in 2004. Pyongyang Myth-Builders Step It Up
And also, for those who take their history seriously, a little mystifying. Times, Sunday Times
mystify the story
I see that my high school students are much more agreeable to this technique and that it only takes several word demystifying tips from me to get them comfortable with acronyms. It is not rocket science, it is a mindset! Teaching Technical Acronyms
In smart suit, immaculate blue shirt and plainish tie, Kinski attempts to demystify the complexities of the post-privatisation utility businesses.
He promised to demystify the all-powerful presidency and make it more accountable to congress and the voter.
I find your attitude a little mystifying, Moira.
Mystifyingly, their squad for Sri Lanka doesn't include their best spinner and their form seamer, Stephen O'Keefe and Doug Bollinger. Bowling Is Taking a Battering
I wonder if they would be afforded equal for television exposure as the main Parties as, mystifyingly, the Liberals are. Archive 2007-10-21
He has done more to confuse and mystify the subject than to clear it up.
John Bargh, in this chapter - Bypassing the Will: Towards Demystifying the Nonconscious Control of Social Behavior 1 - takes evidence from several different subdisciplines and argues that consciousness - that thing which gives us our experience of deliberate control - exists exactly to make automatic, 'unwilled', behaviours possible. Mind Hacks: Consciousness exists to make itself unnecessary
But even with these parallel examples, it seems like the alliance of many in the black community with its shady stars is stronger, substantiated by some kind of mystifying cultural camaraderie; the same kind of thinking that prompted some African Americans to vote for President Obama just because he's black, and not as much as for his campaign platform. Cocoa Popps: R. Kelly on the Soul Train Awards-Morality vs. Entertainment
The way to go would be to deglamorize the medical profession and demystify health care as health care activists like those from the Medico Friend Circle, a body which includes many doctors is trying to do. Doctor on Top
Being late to apply to a good public school (what they mystifyingly call private schools in England) my father enrolled my brother and I in what was considered to be one of the better grammar (no-fee) schools in London, St. Marylebone. Hooman Majd: An American Wog on July 4th
That American priest's decision will probably mystify and alienate both the girls and boys of his parish, not to mention the adults.
While I preferred the villain in the second movie, I found the story flabbier (egads, the Aunt May speech!), heavy-handed (Spiderman's Christ-like pose as he bodysurfs his way down the crowd of commuters), and occasionally mystifying (I'll just drop this fusion experiment gone awry into New York Harbor and that should just about do it ...). I Was Grossly Misinformed About Spider-Man 3...
I have found that one way of breaking down taboos, is to demystify the subject and to make it more easy to remember.
What is the church? is a question upon which all the subtilty of jesuitic schoolmen and casuists has been exhausted, to mystify and mislead the honest inquirer in every age. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02
Despite a mystifying listlessness of manner, so strange in a girl of fifteen, she charmed him.
There are too many mystifying oddities. Times, Sunday Times
Frobisher felt the drops of sweat forming on his forehead, for it was beginning to look remarkably as though there was but one entrance to the vault -- that through which they had come -- and that all these other passages were either natural, or had been cut simply with the idea of mystifying and misleading possible intruders. A Chinese Command A Story of Adventure in Eastern Seas
But what I find mystifying is why the Attorney General and the people at the Justice Department and the White House risk charges of perjury and contempt of Congress by trying to cover up their political motives behind the firings. Loyal Bushies
It struck me that the practice of Thaipusam should not seem that mystifying for anyone who endures a crisis of conscience.
The Council for Quebec Sovereignty set off a firestorm with the unveiling of a 142-page textbook aimed at "demystifying" Quebec sovereignty for students. Peace, order and good government, eh?: March 2006 Archives
Hendricks runs around through the movie clad in these throwback sneakers, a totally mystifying move by the wardrobe department.
By the time the final votes were tallied, Hillary Clinton emerged victorious, was dubbed the "Comeback Kid", and pollsters were left scratching their heads, trying to demystify the pre-election miscall. Arlene M. Roberts: Verdict New Hampshire -- Women Play Key Role in Changing Tide for Hillary
In demystifying the little-understood speech impediment, the award-winning film reveals myths and fascinating truths about stuttering, and has won praise from stutterers of all ages.
The elaborate metaphors and dense prose could be said to mystify or obscure the material conditions being described, shifting attention from the state of human injury to the ornateness of the language in which it is rendered.
The best way to demystify stereotypes is to be united under one “tent.” Life of the Party: Latin Flair in Washington - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
Written with home users in mind, the book aims to demystify computer security and help users to enjoy and a safer and more enjoyable computing experience.
The Crop Circle phenomenon continues to mystify scientists and the public alike.
This nonphysical, heart-soul connection -- a testament to the cohesion of the human spirit -- somehow bridged cultural, language and experiential barriers and continues to mystify and move me in a way that I find difficult to articulate. Suzan Crane: Finding my Soul and Losing my Heart in the Equadorian Amazon: A Spiritual Journey With the Remote Huaorani Tribe
The tears come because one suddenly realises that, in demystifying the belief systems in this inexorable process of enquiry, one's own vantage point is no less prone to attack.
We want to demystify transsexuality and discuss people's experiences, from workplace issues and beyond.
Postirony seeks not to demystify but to befuddle, not to synthesize opposites but to suspend them, keeping open all possibilities at once. THE SAVAGE GIRL
The things that prompt responses from readers constantly mystify me.
It can explore the margins and limits of the text and of classical theatre, and in the process demystify, even kill the text and the author and his authority.
Ariel claims to "demystify" the stock market though a carefully managed stock portfolio. Archive 2009-01-01
Maybe her ladyship had "registered a vow" never to syllable a name unchronicled by Debrett, or was actually only mystifying me for mere amusement. The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer — Complete
Christine Fair, a co-author of that report and an assistant professor at Georgetown University's Center for Peace and Security Studies, said the battle against extremists in Pakistan is mired in layers of subterfuge by Pakistani intelligence and a "mystifying" acceptance by the CIA of Pakistan's "good-militant, bad-militant" policy. The Ghazi Force: Vengeful New Militant Group Emerges In Pakistan
North Korean students are taught Revolutionary History from elementary school to university, a subject full of tales that mystify and beatify the Kim dynasty, said Jun Myung-ho, a defector based in Seoul, who worked in North Korea's ruling Workers' Party for nine years before escaping to the South in 2004. Pyongyang Myth-Builders Step It Up
Loopy line extensions are not new phenomena; they've just become increasingly dizzying with many often mystifying leaps.
Visual experience thus takes the place of the kind of self-revelation expected in an autobiographical narrative, leaving the reader with mystifying elisions in Lucy's life story.
As a whole, these patterns of early modern thought help demystify subject positions that have frequently been perceived as either enigmatic or idiosyncratic.
The annual event sets out to demystify the subject by making it more accessible and enjoyable.
China and its massive population are drawing many overseas consumer brands, but how to get a chunk of the rising wealth of its growing middle class continues to mystify.
We'll attempt to demystify the whisper number and evaluate its importance to you as an individual investor.
Postirony seeks not to demystify but to befuddle, not to synthesize opposites but to suspend them, keeping open all possibilities at once. THE SAVAGE GIRL
They're spending millions to create consistent brands recognized around the world, while Gallic winegrowers are turning out too much low-quality table wine with mystifying labels.
This kind of attempt to demystify intellectuals and artists by relating them to objective social processes is in itself neither misguided nor new.
Novels are narratives of private life that they turn inward, forming subjectivities that occlude or mystify the political.
I know that they want to mystify the legal process by using complex terms.
Postirony seeks not to demystify but to befuddle, not to synthesize opposites but to suspend them, keeping open all possibilities at once. THE SAVAGE GIRL
However, one thing that does mystify me is that a club could sack their manager and make no public statement on the matter.
In smart suit, immaculate blue shirt and plainish tie, Kinski attempts to demystify the complexities of the post-privatisation utility businesses.
He promised to demystify the all-powerful presidency and make it more accountable to congress and the voter.
quiz show (uploaded from a Serbian-language forum with a mystifyingly telling name ofParapsihopatologija - “Parapsychopathology”) - and has translated the question and four answer choices: Kosovo & Serbia: Independence Blogging
Indeed, this book's special virtue is to historicize and demystify the material conditions of everyday life which industrial culture has tended to naturalize.
First, I will discuss the origin of my idea and how it works, then I will attempt to demystify the art of kernel module programming with a few short examples.
I appreciate the clarification, but I don't think your first paragraphs spelled out your own disagreement with Thomas and Scalia, and I don't think that the argument that they are wrong which is what you offer here is the same as the argument that they "mystify" or that they fail to offer reasons which distinguish the position they take here from there general opposition to the use of racial classifications. Balkinization
let's demystify the event by explaining what it is all about
His previous album contained a similar mix of oddball songs and tunes; it was mystifying, irritating, a bit boring.
The books demystify language teaching theory, and provide invaluable background knowledge which will extend professional skills.
Chidenga, the Zimbabwe wildlife chief, said world efforts to "demystify" the medicinal affects of rhino horn – consisting of keratin, the main component of human fingernails and hair – failed to yield results in Asia. Endangered Rino Poaching Spikes In Zimbabwe
Postirony seeks not to demystify but to befuddle, not to synthesize opposites but to suspend them, keeping open all possibilities at once. THE SAVAGE GIRL
Even more mystifying is the assertion that Deloitte welcomes diversity of thought.
So they act accordingly, even if their decisions often mystify us. Cancellation Watch: How Do You Know if Your Favorite Show Will get Cancelled?
Oh, how she missed those mystifying green eyes and that dashingly handsome smile that sent fluttering butterflies down her stomach.
Seriously, these quips about Woodrow Wilson and how his well-documented authoritarian tendencies are somehow the collective responsibility of self-identified modern progressives (a different animal in many respects from the Progressivism of TR and Wilson) or those on the left side of the political spectrum mystify me. The Volokh Conspiracy » One Thing We Know About Elena Kagan’s Views on Particular Free Speech Cases
Among the expedients resorted to in exploiting a scientific fraud, mystifying lingo is one of the commonest, and in this he was an adept.
But other chance ejaculations were more mystifying, and served to arouse in Jacqueline an intense, terrified curiosity as to what might be this long kept secret that so troubled the soul of Vrouw Voorhaas. Jacqueline of the Carrier-Pigeons
And also, for those who take their history seriously, a little mystifying. Times, Sunday Times
Formal studies are often unrealistic because the informal level is crucial to politics, while official language and procedures legitimate or mystify hidden biases.
Heath Minister Dr Nkosazana Zuma told delegates the conference would help "demystify" HIV/Aids so that it could be treated in the same manner as any other life threatening disease which had no cure, but could be prevented by adopting a particular lifestyle. ANC Daily News Briefing
If not, it's simply mystifying, as well as painfully unfunny.
On the one hand, they demystify bad, often non-musical, entertainment and, on the other, they mythify musical entertainment by associating the musical with the myths of spontaneity, integration and audience.
She has done more to "demystify" the subject of money more than anyone else I have read. Obama Picks a Clarence Thomas for the EPA
The trouble is that this alternative tradition plays into the hands of the witch doctor, the shaman, the faith healer—all those practitioners who, in place of the reassuring diploma, potted plant, and receptionist, accoutre themselves with ethnic arcana, nonspecific aromas, and hypnotic auras, which serve to mystify the personage of said practitioner even more than the already enigmatic illness. BREAKFAST WITH SOCRATES
It's difficult to demystify my hidden practice of picking and choosing.
I am not trying to minimize the importance of design any more than I am attempting to demystify the nature of scientific observation.
Snake charming is always fascinating and at times mystifying.
The force's public relations hell dawned Tuesday when a parade of police association representatives arrived in Ottawa to "demystify" the Taser for national media, arguing it's a weapon that deserves a spot on every police belt. Archive 2009-02-01
It's clearly still mystifying, which is obvious when Terre talks to a reporter. Undefined
Optical illusions mystify and inspire our imagination, but in truth they show us that how we see the world is not necessarily physically accurate, but rather depends a lot on our brains.
An intriguing and mystifying meeting of the minds takes place on live television when famed mentalist Uri Geller and world-renowned mystifier Criss Angel (“Criss Angel Mindfreak”) conduct an intensive search for the next great mentalist. Jenny’s This Week on TV | the TV addict
As interest in fire walking has grown, he said, scientists have attempted to demystify the phenomenon and tease apart the allure of the ritual.
By spreading out, the band try to claim the stage, however with only ten performances under their belts, what lacks in self-assurance is certainly compensated for in mystifyingly thunderous guitars.
He was trying to mystify his opponent.
Mystifying because in a town with a clear pride in its country and its military past he hates the Royal family, drivels on about fluffy bunnies and their rights detests hunters and is a member of the beverage (ok Beveridge), group a far lefty tax and spend appeasing fidgety self righteous nuisance cabal. The Hunters Hunted
It would at the same time make the reason for the First Testament choices even more mystifying since the type corresponding to the antitype often resides in a few phrases as demonstrated above.
She has a particular interest in demystifying science for the public, and to that end co-founded the first Penn State Astrofest, served on the editorial board of Odyssey, a science magazine for children. Archive 2008-07-01
This reaction was dubbed mystifying by one commentator, apparently born yesterday and thus unaware that the Arab League has forever been a collection of cynical, warring, unreliable dictatorships of ever-shifting loyalties. The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - washingtonpost.com
Postirony seeks not to demystify but to befuddle, not to synthesize opposites but to suspend them, keeping open all possibilities at once. THE SAVAGE GIRL
The first seemed giftwrapped for him by the Jets coaching staff, which made the mystifying decision to fake a punt on fourth-and-3 from their own 40-yard line. Jets Stumble Into the Postseason
This is a tongue-twister and may sound boring, but the Wikipedia link I've provided in the previous sentence leads to a Hollywood-like "demystifying" video of life in the scientific fast lane (sorry about the pun). Musings on scientific celebrity
Instead, Danish advises "demystifying" the action, explaining that wrestlers are actors, not athletic idols. Is This Too Raw For Kids?

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