Example Sentences

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On July 5, the echoes of the last officially detonated burst of fireworks have faded into inaudibility.

From Washington Post • Jul. 5, 2021

The dialogue, naturalistic to the point of occasional inaudibility, was developed in part by the actors on set in the course of Hogg’s unique rehearsal and shooting process.

From Slate • May 16, 2019

Down, down, first to a mumble, then to a whisper, then to complete inaudibility.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 20, 2012

Swathes of dialogue are tangled and mumbled, particularly by Leo Bill, who plays a delinquent brother in a frenzy of inaudibility.

From The Guardian • Jul. 23, 2011

A well-known voice, strangled to the pitch almost of inaudibility, said in his ear: "Oh, Don Pickwixote, Don Pickwixote, you will be the death of me!"

From The Burning Spear by Galsworthy, John