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
The casting of deaf and hearing actors — one to embody and emotionalize a character, the other to sing, speak and jam — fails to harmonize into a resonant or even intelligible interpretation.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2024
And then Celia’s giant nonsense word began to break apart into smaller, more intelligible ones.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.