Mysterious

Examples

• At length he returned; and in reply to an anxious inquiry after his patient; looked very mysterious, and closed the door, carefully. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• The gloomiest problem of this mysterious life was constantly before his eyes,--souls crushed and ruined, evil triumphant, and God silent. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Then I made inquiries as to this mysterious assistant and found that I had to deal with one of the coolest and most daring criminals in London. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• The palish, gnarled trunks showed ghostly, and like old priests in the hovering distance, the fern rose magical and mysterious. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• So far from it, answered the mask, with mysterious earnestness, that, after what has passed, were you to discover me I would blow my brains out. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• You wind in and out and here and there, in the most mysterious way, and have no more idea of the points of the compass than if you were a blind man. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Don't be mysterious, sir. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• It was all the worse for being so mysterious. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• More remarkable yet, Stephen Blackpool could not be heard of, and the mysterious old woman remained a mystery. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Reader, it was on Monday night--near midnight--that I too had received the mysterious summons: those were the very words by which I replied to it. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• But it seemed so mysterious, with its white and deathly smile. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• By this time the moon had stolen round to the terrace, and soft, mysterious rays of light were slanting already across the lower end of the room. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Earth was past,--and earthly pain; but so solemn, so mysterious, was the triumphant brightness of that face, that it checked even the sobs of sorrow. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• It was just after the mysterious knocking that he began the theme. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• It was the most mysterious and unaccountable thing that was ever heard of. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• But to-night I hailed it as another proof that neither he nor his wife were connected with the mysterious appearance at the lake. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Then he delivered us over to another miscreant, who emerged from some mysterious place, and he in turn to another! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• She arrests him with some mysterious question. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The mysterious warnings and intimations of Cassy, so far from discouraging his soul, in the end had roused it as with a heavenly call. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• But it was too late, there was no room for it, and coasting onto the floor, it disappeared in a most mysterious manner. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• That mysterious adventure of yours, she said, still remains involved in its own appropriate midnight darkness. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I never had this mysterious impression more strongly in my life, than before he uttered those words. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Mr Wrayburn, I have had a bitter trial to-night, and I hope you will not think me ungrateful, or mysterious, or changeable. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• So mysterious and secret! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• So sagacious, our young friend, said she to me in her mysterious way. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• There may be mysterious workings of the human mind, such as occur only at great crises of history. Plato. The Republic.
• That mysterious paper currency which circulates in London when the wind blows, gyrated here and there and everywhere. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Mr. Pickwick sat down as he was bid, and Mr. Winkle and Mr. Snodgrass also complied with the directions of their mysterious friend. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I was fond of wandering about the Adelphi, because it was a mysterious place, with those dark arches. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Once there, she composed herself, hailed a passing omnibus, and rolled away to town, looking very merry and mysterious. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.

Edited by Astor