How to Use indirect in a Sentence

indirect

adjective

• Looking at her watch was her indirect way of telling him it was time to leave.
• These plants grow best in bright indirect light.
• Poor nutrition may have been an indirect cause of the disease.
• We took an indirect route.
• The cigarette stubs were indirect evidence that someone had been smoking in the room.
• He gave only vague, indirect answers to our questions.
• There were many indirect references to his earlier books.
• They used indirect methods of investigation.
• Put the pot in a warm area with bright, indirect light.
  — Lauren David, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2024
• Next, put the chicken, skin side down, on the indirect heat side of your grill.
  — Mackensy Lunsford, USA TODAY, 20 Aug. 2022
• Set up the grill for indirect grilling and heat to medium.
  — Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 13 May 2024
• Manilow took that to be an indirect way of advising him not to do the same.
  — Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Jan. 2024
• Place the stem in a cup in bright, indirect sunlight for about three weeks while the roots begin to grow.
  — Grace Haynes, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2024
• The indirect transfer of heat from the stove to the ceiling is convection.
  — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 25 Aug. 2023
• Place steaks over the indirect flame (the grill temperature should be about 300°F) and cook the meat low and slow with the lid closed.
  — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 May 2023
• In the indirect method, producers soak the beans in hot water for a few hours and then take them out.
  — Michael W. Crowder, Discover Magazine, 30 July 2024
• To prolong the life of your blooms, place your Easter lily in bright, indirect light in a cool, but not drafty, spot in your home.
  — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 29 Jan. 2024
• The care couldn't be easier: bright indirect light and water on the dry side.
  — Marianne Willburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Dec. 2022
• Place it in indirect to low light and fertilize it once or twice a year.
  — Christian Gollayan, Men's Health, 7 June 2022
• During that third hour, fire up the grill and set it for indirect cooking.
  — Chuck Blount, San Antonio Express-News, 6 June 2022
• Flip dough and grill over indirect heat, then top as desired.
  — Joy Cho, Women's Health, 21 Aug. 2023
• The city raised up barriers that forced Black people to walk a long, indirect route to get there.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2022
• Just make sure your plant gets plenty of bright, indirect light.
  — Mackenzie Nichols, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Sep. 2022
• And yet decades of direct and indirect searches haven’t found any.
  — Paul Sutter, Ars Technica, 20 Sep. 2022
• The effect is indirect or silent, at least if the fiction is good and not didactic.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 31 July 2023
• This indoor plant grows best in bright, indirect light.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 4 Dec. 2023
• Then, the pellets are burned in the cooking chamber, cooking food with indirect heat.
  — Andrea Wurzburger, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Apr. 2023
• Here's how to do it: Prepare your grill for medium-high indirect heat.
  — Mackensy Lunsford, USA TODAY, 20 Aug. 2022
• Direct and indirect links between banks and non-banks are not the only sources of system-wide risk.
  — Anna Cooban, CNN, 6 Apr. 2023
• Advertisement Helene, with an indirect hit, brought storm surges of five to eight feet to Tampa Bay.
  — Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 2 Nov 2024