How to Use cryptic in a Sentence

cryptic

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• His instructions were cryptic. He said only to wait until we felt certain the answer was clear.
• In the days and weeks before the killings, Travieso made cryptic posts on his Facebook page.
  — Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 15 Dec. 2023
• For her part, the pop-punk princess left a cryptic comment on the post in the form of three black heart emojis.
  — Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 4 Apr. 2023
• And a Roger Stone aide makes a (not-so) cryptic comment.
  — Grace Segers, The New Republic, 14 Apr. 2022
• Its world is dark and cryptic, both a place to explore and a puzzle to pick apart.
  — Brandon Widder, The Verge, 14 June 2023
• The artist’s devoted fans were quick to pounce on the cryptic post with jokes, questions and more.
  — Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 29 Sep. 2022
• And Chen Moonves has not been tweeting out any cryptic clues.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 Jan. 2023
• This cryptic message is not the only mystery about the firm.
  — Javier Paz, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
• The band teased the album last month with a cryptic ad in the local paper Hackney Gazette.
  — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 6 Sep. 2023
• All of these cryptic messages have us in a fever-pitch over season 5.
  — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 25 Sep. 2022
• For the best part of a month, the family has teased the launch in cryptic posts that offer little detail.
  — Joel Khalili, WIRED, 4 Sep. 2024
• The title is cryptic, and the trailer mostly avoids imagery from anything past the first act.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2022
• Bohle has missed the last handful of practices and Edwards was a bit cryptic when asked what ailment has been the issue.
  — Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 27 Aug. 2022
• The network released a teaser trailer as well as a cryptic poster.
  — Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 23 Dec. 2022
• With no screen, the poor AI Pin can only communicate to the outside world via a cryptic light show.
  — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 10 Nov. 2023
• Watch Gaga refuse to comment on her cryptic posts and pass out popcorn below.
  — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 23 Sep. 2024
• Zahau’s hands and feet were bound, a T-shirt was stuffed into her mouth and a cryptic message was scrawled in black paint on the bedroom door.
  — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2022
• The news was announced in a cryptic tweet from the star's Taylor Nation Twitter page on Thursday.
  — Justine Browning, EW.com, 23 June 2022
• But there was a cryptic teaser of the new season, which included maybe 10 seconds of footage.
  — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Nov. 2023
• No one can accuse Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk of being cryptic about his next project.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 4 Apr. 2022
• Jordan Peele is doling out a few more details about his cryptic new thriller.
  — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2022
• The distrib rolled out cryptic clips leading into the first trailer.
  — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 12 July 2024
• There are 15 distinct videos, some more cryptic than others.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2023
• If anything, this latest dust-up adds to her cryptic image.
  — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 15 Aug. 2023
• Last month, the 20-year-old hitmaker from Riverside, Calif., announced the album with a cryptic post.
  — Griselda Flores, Billboard, 19 July 2024
• Degas had a painful, cryptic crush on Manet the curators ought to have developed.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
• The cryptic teaser features Nash-Betts’ voice, sounding very disturbed about a crime scene.
  — Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 May 2024
• Tiger Woods could be more determined, though, given his cryptic tweet from almost a week ago at this point.
  — Jon Hoefling, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2024
• The cryptic effort was a constant grind on the McCain team, which openly accused Obama’s orbit of ageism.
  — Philip Elliott, TIME, 16 Oct. 2024
• News of the breach began circulating online after users were greeted with a cryptic JavaScript alert left by the hacker.
  — Theara Coleman, theweek, 16 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Nov 2024