myst'ry

Suppose the myst'ry is why You-Know-Who never tried to get 'em on his side before ... probably knew they were too close ter Dumbledore ter want anythin 'ter do with the Dark Side.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Rowling, J. K. 1997

"Well, it's best yeh know as much as I can tell yeh -- mind, I can't tell yeh everythin ', it's a great myst'ry, parts of it ...."

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Rowling, J. K. 1997

An 'then -- an' this is the real myst'ry of the thing -- he tried to kill you, too.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Rowling, J. K. 1997

That's the biggest myst'ry, see ... he was gettin 'more an' more powerful -- why'd he go?

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Rowling, J. K. 1997

He solved a problem very deep which long had been a myst'ry;

Christofo Columbo 1997

Not a soul escaped to land to clear the myst'ry o'er;

Persia's Crew 1996

Course, though, as for figurin 'out why she ever noticed me at all, that's a myst'ry I had to pass up.

Torchy Sewell Ford 1907

You see, Vee got the knittin 'habit last winter, turnin' out stuff for the Belgians, and now she keeps right on; though who she's goin 'to wish a pink and white shawl onto in this weather is a myst'ry.

Torchy, Private Sec. Sewell Ford 1907

Say, it's like bein 'caught in a fog down the bay, -- all silence and myst'ry.

Torchy, Private Sec. Sewell Ford 1907

After that Mildred is as much of a myst'ry as why folks live in

Torchy Sewell Ford 1907