How to Use indistinct in a Sentence

indistinct

adjective
  • But most of the time, the movie is vague and indistinct.
    — Mick Lasalle, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Feb. 2024
  • The old woman is speaking, but her voice is far away and indistinct.
    — Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Their visages are indistinct and can be nothing more than ovals of blotchy paint.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2023
  • But the man’s face is indistinct, and the woman’s back is to the camera.
    — National Geographic, 8 July 2017
  • The show’s premise, like its title, is both indistinct and somewhat trite.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 18 Mar. 2022
  • As the war has dragged on, time for Swirki has become indistinct.
    — Ariana Torrey, USA TODAY, 5 Oct. 2024
  • The other video showed what was said to be the site of an attack, though the images were indistinct.
    — Steven Lee Myers, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
  • The indistinct voice of someone whose mouth is hidden behind his hand.
    — Han Kang, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2023
  • The video rearview system worked well in daylight but was predictably grainy and indistinct at night.
    — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 3 Nov. 2020
  • The three are indistinct, as are so many of the people in Whistler’s scenes of urban life.
    — Angelica Aboulhosn, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Dec. 2023
  • And how could such an indistinct and intangible thing be cured?
    — Literary Hub, 17 June 2026
  • Once the door closes, all that's discernible outside is an indistinct hum.
    — William Thornton, AL.com, 9 Aug. 2017
  • He is often seen in sharp focus while people and objects around him are blurred and indistinct.
    — Richard Kuipers, Variety, 2 Nov. 2024
  • The twins’ words are drawn out into indistinct cries for a relationship that has forked with time.
    — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 10 Dec. 2020
  • The video contained audio of the girl choking, as well as indistinct banging in the truck.
    — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 19 Apr. 2026
  • My outfit is indistinct, but my slight smile is obvious, even as my hand obscures half of my face.
    — Amanda Uhle august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Now this indistinct mass of person turned, unlocked himself from Thomas, and stood over me.
    — Andrew Martin, The Atlantic, 12 June 2020
  • But unlike dry and sandy Tatooine, this planet's surface is gassy and indistinct.
    — Korey Haynes, Discover Magazine, 16 Apr. 2019
  • Mansel had long been aware that the sharp outlines of life and time and daily event were becoming blurred and indistinct for him….
    — Michael Dirda, The New York Review of Books, 28 May 2020
  • Standing beside Hughes was a nurse, her starched white cap perched high on her head, her face an indistinct blur.
    — Steven Levingston, Vanity Fair, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Another, of indistinct origin, asked their teacher not to give them a lot of homework.
    — Washington Post, 8 July 2018
  • Another, of indistinct origin, asked their teacher not to give them a lot of homework.
    — Fox News, 7 July 2018
  • The thing that flummoxes the steering is cruising straight at highway speeds, where the feel is dull and indistinct.
    — Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver, 25 Oct. 2021
  • Now, the crew has been reduced to wondering aloud if a three-top can become a four-top at an airy yet indistinct restaurant.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 31 Jan. 2022
  • Flashing by, indistinct, until something re-markable or strange grinds the journey to a halt.
    — Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026
  • On the other hand, a large yard filled solely with small plants can look indistinct unless a few larger plants are added as anchors.
    — Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 June 2026
  • Three gigantic abstract paintings lean against the counter, each an indistinct blob of color.
    — Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, 18 Mar. 2026
  • The blurry video shows a woman holding a lighter to an indistinct object on a Brooklyn street.
    — NBC News, 6 June 2020
  • The Knicks have traveled a different road, as gravel turns to dirt turns to a hazily indistinct foot path.
    — Michael Powell, New York Times, 4 May 2018
  • As the effects spread to the lips, tongue and jaw, his speech devolved into indistinct sounds that his daughter could not understand.
    — Ingrid Wickelgren, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2024

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