How to Use nebulous in a Sentence

nebulous

adjective
  • These philosophical concepts can be nebulous.
  • What does that nebulous phrase mean?
    — Eli Amdur, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Jacob has grand, nebulous plans for his life, but these are lost in the war.
    — Micah Mattix, WSJ, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Of course, these concepts aren’t new and can seem quite nebulous.
    — Dr. Janet Ahn and Tessa West, Quartz, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Luck was just one of many strings tied to the nebulous object that was the future.
    — Belinda Huijuan Tang, Vogue, 5 May 2022
  • And with such a huge multi-pronged problem, the end game can be a bit nebulous.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 19 Jan. 2022
  • Trust is a nebulous thing, and something very easy to lose but very hard to regain.
    — Tom Rasmussen, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2023
  • One of these searching souls will be left holding the nebulous prize by book’s end.
    — Terry Hong, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 July 2018
  • A bit nebulous for you, a bit nebulous for me.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 20 Nov. 2025
  • Nobody knows what will, and will not clear Valves nebulous rules.
    — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 6 Sep. 2019
  • The laws of friendship are so nebulous and stretchy that what even is a breakup, anyway?
    — Liana Finck, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2023
  • And this one doesn’t have a product tie-in from a nebulous specter hawking its book.
    — Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 15 June 2021
  • Gott's return from a right groin strain is a little nebulous.
    — Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 21 June 2022
  • The plan, which at this point seems to be completely nebulous, is for five starters plus one.
    — Jeff Wilson, star-telegram, 5 Mar. 2018
  • The play is a two-hander that, while set in the modern day, has a nebulous sense of time and space.
    — Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Here is a look at some of the issues that make the term terrorism so nebulous and tricky.
    — Rick Gladstone, New York Times, 31 May 2018
  • Of course the nebulous catch rule would play a role in deciding the season.
    — Jenny Vrentas, SI.com, 4 Feb. 2018
  • Life has likely felt a bit nebulous and slow for you in the past year, Cancer.
    — Kyle Thomas, People.com, 18 May 2025
  • Away from the office, the forces that knuckle you under are far more nebulous.
    — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Some weeks that deadline looms large, arrives way too fast and the topic nebulous at best.
    — Rita Nader Heikenfeld, The Enquirer, 13 Apr. 2024
  • For nebulous reasons, my husband wavered and then backed out at the last minute.
    — Carolyn Hax, The Seattle Times, 14 Aug. 2018
  • The ideas around Kidder seem nebulous at this point — what is her agenda?
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
  • The king of the casseroles has a nebulous yet traceable origin story.
    — Dallas News, 5 Oct. 2022
  • But in the world of cloud computing, the perimeter is more nebulous.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Sasha and Esther’s problems are both more nebulous and more painful.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The topic’s too vast and nebulous and the cultures too disparate.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 5 Aug. 2023
  • Fads come, and fads go, and even small changes in platforms’ nebulous algorithms can drop you off the map overnight.
    — Corey Buhay, Outside, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Since then, a few things have happened that provide some hints as to what Valve might mean by that nebulous term.
    — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 8 June 2018
  • But the nebulous nature of the program’s goals has caused some to question its value.
    — Brian Chasnoff, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Feb. 2020
  • Their summer efforts are a little more nebulous than, say, learning a new skill.
    — Esther Zuckerman, IndieWire, 23 Jan. 2026

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