indefinable

Example Sentences

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It expresses a general anxiety the prompt of which is indefinable, a nagging sense that has no singularly compelling explanation.

From Salon • Dec. 27, 2024

Patinkin, in an indefinable accent, is his usual Big Presence, but Beane holds her own, and the arrival of Linda Emond as Interpol agent Hilde Eriksen pays constant comic dividends.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2024

The crushing of the belief that the Seattle ballclub, by dint of some indefinable flaw in their DNA, would always wilt and wither in crunchtime.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 1, 2022

And there is plenty of beauty in the play’s abstractions; at its heart “Epiphany” is a love letter to the indefinable and unnameable.

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2022

At 150, the Hutterites believe, something happens — something indefinable but very real — that somehow changes the nature of community overnight.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell