How to Use indefinite in a Sentence

indefinite

adjective

• Their plans have been put on indefinite hold.
• She is indefinite about her plans.
• We're stuck here for an indefinite period of time.
• The concern now is that regulators have issued an indefinite ban on social media platforms.
  — Carlos Mureithi, Quartz, 9 Aug. 2021
• Abbott could effectively keep these state legislators out of the state for an indefinite period of time.
  — Dianne Gallagher, Wesley Bruer and Jade Gordon, CNN, 9 Aug. 2021
• Paul, who led the suns to the Western Conference Finals, is out for an indefinite period of time.
  — Chronicle Staff, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 June 2021
• Four of The Lyric’s 10 full-time staff members have been on indefinite furlough since the beginning of the pandemic.
  — Mary Carole McCauley, baltimoresun.com, 4 Aug. 2021
• The court's June 30 imposition of an indefinite suspension was set to take effect two weeks after the order.
  — Stephen Montemayor, Star Tribune, 15 July 2021
• A week after the Las Vegas trip, Vehling was placed on indefinite leave and barred from campus or making contact with any members of the spirit squad.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2021
• Project managers will have set terms, a dramatic difference from the indefinite tenures of NIH institute heads.
  — Lev Facher, STAT, 7 Aug. 2021
• There are questions about what viable candidate would want to join the company if Ghasemi essentially has an indefinite contract.
  — Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2024
• And in fact German speakers sometimes employ the indefinite article with professions or demonyms.
  — Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 July 2021
• Already, some of the biggest American corporations have announced plans to allow some form of remote working for the indefinite future.
  — Peter Grant, WSJ, 9 Aug. 2021
• The Flames said Dube was on indefinite leave to tend to his mental health.
  — CBS News, 30 Jan. 2024
• Then join us again in the misty, indefinite, and random future for the next episode.
  — John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver, 7 July 2023
• The damage from the fire forced the indefinite closure of a stretch of Interstate 10, a major artery in the region.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2023
• The Bruins have placed Lucic on an indefinite leave of absence from the team.
  — Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 21 Nov. 2023
• What was to be a grand new beginning was put on indefinite hold.
  — G. Daniela Galarza, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2022
• In July 2021, with Bauer removed from the roster and put on indefinite leave, the Dodgers had until the end of the month to upgrade the rotation.
  — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2023
• But Hong Kongers say the welcome does not appear to be indefinite.
  — Alicia Chen, Washington Post, 31 May 2022
• The lengths of the suspensions differ, with some as low as nine months and others 21 months to indefinite terms, the complaint says.
  — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 3 Aug. 2022
• The six workers who sued have argued they were told the unpaid leave would be indefinite.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2021
• The closure will be in effect for an indefinite amount of time, but the southbound lanes remain open.
  — Amaris Encinas, The Arizona Republic, 4 Jan. 2022
• Covid-19 and its variants are here for the indefinite future, Parham said.
  — NBC News, 16 Dec. 2021
• At 19, they are sentenced to an indefinite stay, and that is when the real horrors begin.
  — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2022
• But the mandate is nationwide and indefinite, not tied to Covid rates.
  — David B. Rivkin Jr. and Robert Alt, WSJ, 28 Sep. 2021
• The timetable for his return to Cincinnati is indefinite.
  — Pat Brennan, The Enquirer, 2 Feb. 2022
• Google, Uber, and Ford, for instance, have pushed back their return-to-office dates– and in Google and Uber’s case, the postponement is indefinite.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 6 Jan. 2022
• Having gone on indefinite hiatus in 2016, the members of One Direction haven’t performed together in nearly a decade and their millions of young admirers have since grown up.
  — Leah Asmelash, CNN, 22 Oct. 2024
• The white is to reflect sunlight away to shield the astronaut against heat while the patches provide protection against abrasion – an important point because, unlike the Apollo suits, these are intended for indefinite reuse.
  — David Szondy, New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Dec 2024