How do you use Mystify in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like perplex or amaze, plus the exact meaning.
Mystify meaning
To thoroughly confuse, befuddle, or bewilder.
Synonyms of Mystify
Using Mystify
- The main meaning on this page is: To thoroughly confuse, befuddle, or bewilder.
- Useful related words include: perplex, amaze, gravel, nonplus.
- In the example corpus, mystify often appears in combinations such as: to mystify, mystify me, and mystify.
Context around Mystify
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Mystify
- In this selection, "mystify" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 21.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, may, roster, brandon, making and everyone stand out and add context to how "mystify" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include continued to mystify brandon moreno and continues to mystify me. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "mystify" sits close to words such as aadi, aayush and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with mystify
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Mikolas sure can mystify, making hitters’ swinging stall. (8 words)
But his handling of Holloway continues to mystify me. (9 words)
I’m now more amused than humiliated by my irrational attractions, but they still mystify me. (16 words)
Brad Lake, co-founder of Christchurch hemp food company, The Brothers Green, helped organise a hemp farm open day in Culverden on Sunday to showcase the farmers and businesses utilising the crop and help de-mystify how it's grown and used. (42 words)
Enthral and mystify your children as you share these wonderful tales about the remarkable county they live in, and tune in tomorrow when we go through all the famous landmarks in the west. (33 words)
Alexander Volkanovski solidified his grip on the featherweight title at UFC 290 at T-Mobile Arena on Saturday, while Alexandre Pantoja continued to mystify Brandon Moreno. (26 words)
Example sentences (11)
Alexander Volkanovski solidified his grip on the featherweight title at UFC 290 at T-Mobile Arena on Saturday, while Alexandre Pantoja continued to mystify Brandon Moreno.
But his handling of Holloway continues to mystify me.
But some of the warnings and assertions by foreign powers may mystify those who live in the UK.
Brad Lake, co-founder of Christchurch hemp food company, The Brothers Green, helped organise a hemp farm open day in Culverden on Sunday to showcase the farmers and businesses utilising the crop and help de-mystify how it's grown and used.
Enthral and mystify your children as you share these wonderful tales about the remarkable county they live in, and tune in tomorrow when we go through all the famous landmarks in the west.
Complaints from northern English ‘cloth cappers’ that they have no Canadians on their roster mystify the Wolfpack’s local fan base.
I’m now more amused than humiliated by my irrational attractions, but they still mystify me.
Mikolas sure can mystify, making hitters’ swinging stall.
The game simply halted, lost in one of those Talmudic debates that enthrall hardball devotees and mystify everyone else.
The article says, "He adds as many new letters as the boys in their 'hog latin,' which is made use of to mystify eavesdroppers.
The surreal and, in many cases, violent elements contained within his films have been known to "disturb, offend or mystify" audiences.
Common combinations with mystify
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to mystify 3×
- mystify me 2×
- and mystify 2×