Sentence examples of "riddle" in English

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Translations: all9 énigme8 devinette1
Can you answer this riddle? Sais-tu résoudre cette énigme ?
I tried to ask her a riddle. Je lui ai pose une devinette pour voir.
Can you guess this riddle? Trouveras-tu la solution de cette énigme ?
His plans are a riddle. Ses plans sont une énigme.
Let's try to solve the riddle. Essayons de résoudre l'énigme.
Just an audacious mind will solve this riddle. Seul un esprit audacieux pourra résoudre cette énigme
"I will let you pass safely," the Sphinx said, "if you can answer my riddle." «Je vous laisserai passer en sécurité» dit le Sphinx, «si vous pouvez répondre à mon énigme
The Sphinx had eaten hundreds of people on their way to the city of Thebes, because they could not answer the riddle the cunning Sphinx had asked them. Le Sphinx avait mangé des centaines de personnes en route pour la ville de Thèbes, parce qu'ils ne purent répondre à l'énigme astucieuse que le Sphinx leurs demandait.
The riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man. Les énigmes de Dieu satisfont plus que les solutions des hommes.
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