Example Sentences

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Skate dads in L.A. will yell unintelligibly at you as they whoosh by, and when you don’t respond they’ll spend the rest of the session snaking you at every turn.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 21, 2025

She was making her second loop through the neighborhood that day, speaking nonstop and unintelligibly.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2022

Schaefer’s body-camera video, which was played for jurors, showed Schaffer and paramedics trying to coax Gladney into an ambulance as he paces in circles and speaks unintelligibly.

From Washington Post • Mar. 25, 2022

Members of the group told authorities Spencer began acting erratically, demanding that the others build the fire larger, talking loudly and sometimes unintelligibly and claiming to be a deity.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 16, 2022

He yelped and groaned unintelligibly through clenched teeth, his eyes rolled up into his head.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller