garbled
/ (ˈɡɑːbəld) /
jumbled or unclear because of distortion or omissions
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How to use garbled in a sentence
Ninety-Sixth Street marks the first delay of the trip, the cause of which is lost in a garbled announcement from the conductor.
Leaky Ceilings, Catcalls, and Uncaged Pythons: 4 Hours on NYC’s Worst Subway | Kevin Zawacki | August 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was such poor quality that even Spencer admits you could only hear “every fifth world” and that it was all “garbled.”
Did Sexpot Schoolteacher Pamela Smart Hire Teens to Kill Her Husband? | Marlow Stern | January 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe finally gets out a few garbled words only to have Alice push by him to help a patient.
Lorraine Adams Reviews ‘Our Lady of Alice Bhatti’ by Mohammed Hanif | Lorraine Adams | May 30, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen he did engage, his answers were garbled to the point of incomprehensibility.
Ike had an uninspiring speaking style and his syntax was sometimes garbled at press conferences.
A garbled account of this interview, full of unjust insinuations, came to Napoleon's ears.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonHe was an auditor of Josephine's Read's garbled story of our church-yard adventure; he had heard a true statement from me.
Alone | Marion HarlandIt has been garbled in so many ways that it seems worth setting down in full.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow PaineHe has a few garbled bits of literature at his command, and makes use of mangled quotations from King Lear.
The English Stage | Augustin FilonThe clerks, who were busy forging prophecies for the Maid's benefit, did not stop at a pseudo Bede and a garbled Merlin.
The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2) | Anatole France
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