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She exults in Sophocles’s “Antigone,” with the title character’s defiant and enduring mourning, and holds up John Goodman’s eulogy of Steve Buscemi in “The Big Lebowski” as a perfect parody of the form’s heartfelt inarticulateness.

From Washington Post • Jun. 22, 2017

Often, after a way of talking has obviously outlived its usefulness, a period of inarticulateness ensues; it’s not yet clear how we should talk going forward.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 12, 2016

It takes a very smart actor to play dumb as well as he does, mining Ray’s inarticulateness for humor that is never cruel.

From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2016

These characters' inarticulateness reflects less on their working-class background than on the weak writing and acting.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2015

Bull had reached a point of inarticulateness, and he was demonstrating a maneuver by using his hands as the aircraft.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy