CRYPTIC in a Sentence

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1. Here are a couple of verses written in cryptic rhyme from some of my currently published books.
2. None of you has ever seen a dead donkey, and the others had to be content with this cryptic answer.

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 Meanings and Examples of CRYPTIC
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cryptic
 a.  having hidden meaning; mystifying; using code or cipher
Classic Sentence:
1  None of you has ever seen a dead donkey, and the others had to be content with this cryptic answer.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter III
2  Only old Benjamin refused to grow enthusiastic about the windmill, though, as usual, he would utter nothing beyond the cryptic remark that donkeys live a long time.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VI
3  Two young men in brown robes like furniture-covers were gesturing vacuously and droning cryptic sentences full of repetitions.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
Example Sentence:
1  Here are a couple of verses written in cryptic rhyme from some of my currently published books.