Example Sentences

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“He says he sees things unclearly and wants to be evaluated by a doctor,” the reporter said.

From Washington Post • Jan. 27, 2023

What views did Facebook express unclearly because it didn’t want to offend us?

From The Verge • Jan. 31, 2020

The request was unclearly transmitted or misinterpreted, Johnson said, and the officer took the assignment as a death notification.

From US News • Oct. 10, 2014

One often can permissibly shift attention in a conversation, but here it is at best unclearly justified.

From Salon • Oct. 28, 2012

The same thing occurs when one has pronounced a double vowel unclearly and hastily; for example, an "eu" or an "oi" as "ei."

From A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Freud, Sigmund