Example Sentences

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A thoroughly uninflected, completely random space is not natural; after all, even an amoeba has a nucleus.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Philosophically, realpolitik was a belief that a dispassionate examination of any situation, uninflected by ideology, was the most effective way to grasp the array of forces present in a particular historical moment.

From Salon • Aug. 27, 2023

His voice, too, takes on that familiar dismissive snarl, the uninflected basso growl that could make even the most brazen counterfactuals sound somehow authoritative.

From Slate • Dec. 17, 2018

Baritone Clinton Curtis, who traipses between the classical and pop worlds, adds cool, uninflected lyrics.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2018

Tom and Miss Baker sat at either end of the long couch and she read aloud to him from the "Saturday Evening Post"--the words, murmurous and uninflected, running together in a soothing tune.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald