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The moody background suits the Baltimore band's unhurried droning, murky German-rock propulsion and half-intelligible warbling.

From Chicago Tribune • Jul. 14, 2012

Below was the half-intelligible symbol of the crossed bones.

From Spanish Doubloons by Kenyon, Camilla

No check was put on his poetical effusions; his sighs and half-intelligible speeches.

From The Undying Past by Sudermann, Hermann

This prince, whose name, as spelt by the Spaniards, was Guacanagari, had many tributary caciques, and was understood, from the half-intelligible descriptions of his subjects, to be a monarch that was much beloved.

From Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay by Cooper, J. Fenimore

Then, "Monsieur's sword is here," Bigot answered in his half-intelligible patois.

From Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France by Weyman, Stanley J.