Short Riddles

Short riddles with answers are most often just one or two sentences long. But don’t be fooled, these short riddles could be very tricky as well.

A Natural State

A natural state, I’m sought by all. Go without me, and you shall fall. You do me when you spend, and use me when you eat to no end.

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I can bring tears to your eyes, resurrect the dead, make you smile, and reverse time. I form in an instant but I last a life time. What am I?

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What hefty 7 letter word can you take away 2 letters and it makes eight?

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I live where light is but die if light touches me. What am I?

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The shorter I am, the bigger I am. What am I?

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