| His manner was sphinxlike again, and the Englishman eyed him curiously, feeling a strong desire to kick him in the shins. |
| It is tempting to describe her as sphinxlike, but then the Sphinx did occasionally speak in public. |
| For one moment he looked up and met her eyes, and she allowed hers to show that sphinxlike smile before she lowered the lids. |
| Katherine for once took up the gauntlet, while one of her sphinxlike smiles hovered about her mouth. |
| Her husband sat unbendingly silent, in a sphinxlike attitude that gave no outward indication of his mental uneasiness. |
| Ask Fossett to explain his motivation and he is characteristically sphinxlike. |
