Examples of indistinct in a Sentence
indistinct figures in the fog
managed to discern a blurry, indistinct shadow through the downpour
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Nonpartisan voter guides from outlets such as CalMatters and KPBS depict the race as offering sharp policy contrasts rather than an indistinct muddle.
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Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2026
Even populous British colonies like Virginia and Pennsylvania grew blurry on their western frontiers, where indistinct borders were protected by a few lonely forts.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
The video contained audio of the girl choking, as well as indistinct banging in the truck.
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Ovidian metamorphosis is a perfect manifestation of the third space in which either/or is replaced by hybridity and, as Calvino says, indistinct borders.
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Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2026
Even populous British colonies like Virginia and Pennsylvania grew blurry on their western frontiers, where indistinct borders were protected by a few lonely forts.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
The video contained audio of the girl choking, as well as indistinct banging in the truck.
—Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 19 Apr. 2026
Ovidian metamorphosis is a perfect manifestation of the third space in which either/or is replaced by hybridity and, as Calvino says, indistinct borders.
—Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for indistinct
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“Indistinct.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/indistinct. Accessed 29 May. 2026.
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indistinct
adjective
in·dis·tinct
ˌin-dis-ˈtiŋ(k)t 
: not distinct or clear
indistinct figures in the fog
a far-off indistinct light
indistinctly
adverb
indistinctness
noun
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