Explore Riddle through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like sieve or screen. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Riddle in a sentence
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Riddle meaning
- A verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an intellectual nature.
- An ancient verbal, poetic, or literary form, in which, rather than a rhyme scheme, there are parallel opposing expressions with a hidden meaning.
Synonyms of Riddle
Using Riddle
- The main meaning on this page is: A verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an intellectual nature. | An ancient verbal, poetic, or literary form, in which, rather than a rhyme scheme, there are parallel opposing expressions with a hidden meaning.
- Useful related words include: sieve, screen, penetrate, mystify.
- In the example corpus, riddle often appears in combinations such as: matt riddle, riddle and, the riddle.
Context around Riddle
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 13 start, 6 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Riddle
- In this selection, "riddle" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, matt, tom, mrs, family, esq and alex stand out and add context to how "riddle" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and asks riddle if he and and mrs riddle and their. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "riddle" sits close to words such as affiliates, amplifier and artificially, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with riddle
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He is over being stuck with Riddle. (7 words)
Tom Riddle, Esq. and his parents were murdered by Tom Marvolo Riddle. (12 words)
Riddle misses a kick, Candian Destroyer by Jeff, as Riddle hits the floor. (13 words)
However, at the climax of the story, when Riddle rearranges the letters in his name to write "I am Lord Voldemort", Riddle is revealed as a magical manifestation of the boy who would later grow up to become the Dark Lord. (41 words)
Cole suggested Riddle go back to “writing reviews of wrestlers from the Attitude Era” and the crowd chanted “Goldberg” in reference to Riddle’s comments on Goldberg’s performance at last week’s Super Showdown. (35 words)
The rivalry between Matt Riddle and Goldberg is one that many are now aware of, and in a recent interview, the WWE Hall Of Famer claimed he doesn’t know who Riddle is. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Riddle family The Riddle family, an old gentry family, consisted of old Mr. and Mrs. Riddle and their son, Voldemort's father, Tom Riddle, Esq.
He was the grandfather to Austin T. and wife Savannah Riddle, Alex J. and wife Shauna Bruce, Justin D. Bruce, Emma V. Bruce, Daisy Jo Riddle, and Justice Jane Riddle.
Finn Balor then made it to the ring and attacked Matt Riddle, but Riddle fought him off and still stood tall after all the chaos.
However someone replied: "This makes sense but the riddle says the answer is in the riddle.
Riddle misses a kick, Candian Destroyer by Jeff, as Riddle hits the floor.
Baron Corbin attacks Matt Riddle at ringside, Riddle fights back, and E takes advantage of the chaos.
By asking the Google Assistant to tell you a riddle, you get a riddle and the answer follows.
Cole suggested Riddle go back to “writing reviews of wrestlers from the Attitude Era” and the crowd chanted “Goldberg” in reference to Riddle’s comments on Goldberg’s performance at last week’s Super Showdown.
The rivalry between Matt Riddle and Goldberg is one that many are now aware of, and in a recent interview, the WWE Hall Of Famer claimed he doesn’t know who Riddle is.
Sabre began manipulating Riddle’s toes, but Riddle managed to fend him off with a couple of big chops.
A younger Dumbledore appears in Riddle's diary, when Harry sees his memory, and asks Riddle if he knows anything about the attacks on the students.
However, at the climax of the story, when Riddle rearranges the letters in his name to write "I am Lord Voldemort", Riddle is revealed as a magical manifestation of the boy who would later grow up to become the Dark Lord.
Tom Riddle, Esq. and his parents were murdered by Tom Marvolo Riddle.
A few months later, Bruinsma wrote a riddle during a slow day at work and emailed it to Nick.
Also announced for next week was a tornado tag team match as Drew McIntyre & Matt Riddle will face off with The Viking Raiders.
Another MSU student, Emma Riddle, tweeted around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday that she was among the former Oxford students who had to evacuate the high school during Crumbley’s attack.
Cllr Riddle added that when she and other objectors raised this most recently, at Wiltshire’s strategic planning committee in October, they didn’t get any response.
He is over being stuck with Riddle.
Hepzibah showed Riddle the locket and cup while he was working at Borgin and Burkes, and he stole both from her, using the murder of a Muggle vagrant to create the locket Horcrux.
Lastly, Adam Riddle has been appointed as president of defence, and the chairman and chief executive of Rolls-Royce North America.
Common combinations with riddle
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- matt riddle 28×
- riddle and 18×
- the riddle 16×
- riddle is 11×
- riddle has 7×
- tom riddle 6×
- this riddle 6×
- but riddle 5×
- riddle of 5×
- riddle will 4×