[
UK
/sfˈɪŋks/
]
[ US /ˈsfɪŋks/ ]
[ US /ˈsfɪŋks/ ]
NOUN
- an inscrutable person who keeps his thoughts and intentions secret
- one of a number of large stone statues with the body of a lion and the head of a man that were built by the ancient Egyptians
How To Use sphinx In A Sentence
- On the tabletop inlays and the ivory panels, the predators include griffins and sphinxes, composite creatures based on the leonine form, while the bowl depicts lions in positions of attack.
- They were going to see the sphinx and come back with souvenirs.
- The Sphinx, aloof from such matters of little consequence, waits patiently beyond the pool.
- His alcoholism took a toll on his enigmatic, sphinx-like charm.
- Walking back to the Lokosphinx, we watch Army conscripts in greatcoats and fur-flapped caps breaking the ice with bludgeons and pouring hot water on the snow.
- Their inscrutable, sphinx-like logic can prove hypnotizing, and even the brave of heart and nimble of mind may find him or herself captivated.
- The other two, Zinner and the drummer Brian Chase - a bespectacled, sphinx-like jazzhead - don't say much.
- "No," she said, flashing me a sphinx-like smile.
- Capturing this quality - inscrutable and Sphinx-like - lies at the heart of Judi Dench's performance as the late British novelist Iris Murdoch.
- Hybrid creatures, such as sphinxes, harpies, sirens, griffons and centaurs, carved on Roman sarcophagi, candelabras, altars and temple friezes, were a direct source of artistic inspiration.
