Sentences with vague
vague
V v - A lot of the talk was apparently vague and general.
- They have only a vague idea of the amount of water available.
- VaguenessIn this dictionary, the label vagueness indicates that you use the word or expression to show lack of certainty. People often use vague language to make statements 'softer', so that what they say does not appear too direct or too strongly stated. Examples of vague language are presumably..., Do you know what I mean?, kind of..., and sort of... .
- He was vague, however, about just what U.S. forces might actually do. [+ about]
- She had married a charming but rather vague Englishman.
- He was conscious of that vague feeling of irritation again.
- He looked at her vague shape through the frosted glass.
- vague promises
- A vague idea
- A vague rumour
- vague in his answers, a vague hope
- It follows from what has been said that a vague thought has more likelihood of being true than a precise one. To try and hit an object with a vague thought is like trying to hit the bull's eye with a lump of putty: when the putty reaches the target, it flattens out all over it, and probably covers the bull's eye along with the rest. To try and hit an object with a precise thought is like trying to hit the bull's eye with a bullet. The advantage of the precise thought is that it distinguishes between the bull's eye and the rest of the target.
- A vague term of abuse
- Only a vague notion of what’s needed; a vague hint of a thickening waistline; I haven’t the vaguest idea.
- A vague longing
- He walked. To the corner of Hamilton Place and Picadilly, and there stayed for a while, for it is a romantic station by night. The vague and careless rain looked like threads of gossamer silver passing across the light of the arc-lamps.
- vague promises.
- A vague premonition of disaster.
- vague shapes in the dark; vague murmurs behind a door.
- A vague rumor; The date of his birth is vague.
- vague about his motives; a vague person.
- A vague stare.