indistinct
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Everything in “Mother Mary” feels like it exists in a dream within a dream: the tertiary characters who fade in and out of the narrative, the catchy yet indistinct pop songs, the dreary midnight-blue location.
From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2026
Yet from that painful personal source emerges something unfortunately indistinct, as though softly blanketed by the snow that sifts slowly down during this holiday drama.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
It's one of life's most defining moments -- that crucial step in embryonic development, when an indistinct ball of cells rearranges itself into the orderly three-layered structure that sets the stage for all to come.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 23, 2024
The first weeks after a sperm fertilises an egg is a period of dramatic change - from a collection of indistinct cells to something that eventually becomes recognisable on a baby scan.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2023
Harry was just able to make out the indistinct features of an object that looked like a skull, and something like a mountain that was more shadow than substance.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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