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- noun Plural form of
riddle . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
riddle .
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Examples
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All she does is talk in riddles and she can't even complete a thought, let alone a sentence!
Latest ethics complaints should be 'a wake-up call,' Palin says 2009
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Would the madness lock up my tongue in riddles and then be no use at all?
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The Republicans talk in riddles as why they oppose health reform.
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So she dives right into the lake and into a crazy dream-world where nothing makes sense, giants speak in riddles, surfers throw tea parties, and there''s ocean as far as the eye can see.
"Falling Upwards" by Kassandra Sims Doug Knipe 2008
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Quote for today: So I speak to you in riddles, because my words get in my way.
Finally kisobel 2003
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They had heard about Williams, the guy who talked in riddles in Boston.
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Oh, and Guinan speaks in riddles by not speaking in riddles while she’s speaking in riddles after Picard specifically asked her not to speak in riddles.
22 « February « 2009 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy 2009
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Oh, and Guinan speaks in riddles by not speaking in riddles while she’s speaking in riddles after Picard specifically asked her not to speak in riddles.
Quick Hits – Farewell Birds of Prey, Brave and the Bold 2009
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Oh, and Guinan speaks in riddles by not speaking in riddles while she’s speaking in riddles after Picard specifically asked her not to speak in riddles.
February « 2009 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy 2009
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Lo speaketh he more, in riddles “We would never advocate change for the sake of it …” but he also says” but neither should we defenders of the status quo.”
Archive 2008-01-13 Newmania 2008
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