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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But even that latter monster showed only a shimmering red blob of a planet with shifting, indistinct imagery.
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Rod Pyle, Space.com, 14 July 2025
In years to come, the memories would have been indistinct.
—Nick Miller, New York Times, 19 May 2025
Something similar could be said for the grainy, indistinct black-and-white photos of tortured and murdered prisoners, the shaky footage of work camps.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 13 June 2025
The show’s focus puller also does the Lord’s work in the last shot of the beat, just after Deborah’s face turns and looks toward the camera, flashing red for one desperate second before going fuzzy and indistinct, like a drunken exhale.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 3 June 2025
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Rod Pyle, Space.com, 14 July 2025
In years to come, the memories would have been indistinct.
—Nick Miller, New York Times, 19 May 2025
Something similar could be said for the grainy, indistinct black-and-white photos of tortured and murdered prisoners, the shaky footage of work camps.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 13 June 2025
The show’s focus puller also does the Lord’s work in the last shot of the beat, just after Deborah’s face turns and looks toward the camera, flashing red for one desperate second before going fuzzy and indistinct, like a drunken exhale.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 3 June 2025
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“Indistinct.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/indistinct. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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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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