intelligible

Example Sentences

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I was fiddling with my phone during both expressions of loyalty, nervous that I wouldn’t get an intelligible recording of Mr. Paxton’s remarks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

Within months, Sarah lost the use of her hands, then "all intelligible speech".

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2025

That’s a prescient thought, given the only intelligible question one can muster once they see Gaga’s 25-foot dress for the opening act is, “How?”

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2025

Elora Forshee, director of Sedgwick County Emergency Communications, has said Bedeski’s call was not intelligible enough for the dispatcher to understand that she was trapped.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 1, 2023

A voice, but not forming words or syllables or any other kind of intelligible sound.

From "Beowulf: A New Telling" by Robert Nye