How to Use indiscernible in a Sentence

indiscernible

adjective
  • Hidden under vines and moss, the crumbling wall was almost indiscernible.
  • Too much snow—2 feet or more—leads to an energy-​zapping plod and indiscernible tracks.
    Gerry Bethge, Outdoor Life, 18 Feb. 2020
  • The rooms have small balconies, the beach and sea almost indiscernible in the distance.
    Chico Harlan, Washington Post, 22 Apr. 2021
  • The change will be indiscernible for most of us, in practical terms.
    Alanna Mitchell, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Younger claps his hands and shouts something indiscernible back at the students.
    Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Mar. 2022
  • Ventre yells out indiscernible words and at one point tells the officer his name is David.
    Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 8 May 2021
  • Here are six strategies to unearth and draft your very own Tom Brady, who could be indiscernible right under your nose.
    Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2023
  • This is to account for minor indiscernible things that might throw tests off slightly.
    PCMAG, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Out on the river, where the silvery water is indiscernible from the sky, the perilous and haphazard nature of the trade becomes clear.
    New York Times, 14 June 2022
  • Despite the lyrics being nearly indiscernible, there’s a melancholy tone that breaks through the filters with force.
    Billboard Staff, Billboard, 17 Dec. 2020
  • Benton adds that the trick tail is indiscernible from the original costume.
    Zoe Hewitt, Variety, 19 Aug. 2022
  • The reef, though relatively level, was pockmarked and hard as stone while the cloudy lagoon’s depth would be indiscernible from the air.
    Rachel Hartigan Shea, National Geographic, 23 Aug. 2019
  • More than 60% of his body was covered in burns, his features indiscernible because of his injuries.
    Lizzie Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Sep. 2020
  • Ignoring the absence of any mention of climate change, that stance is nearly indiscernible from that of some Democrats.
    Dino Grandoni, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2017
  • Fauver rolled down the window and says something indiscernible.
    Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 7 July 2022
  • But Paul said the other (indiscernible) is obviously out, but Moorman’s ready to go.
    James Crepea | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 27 Dec. 2019
  • Gayarré’s La Terre Haute — and swales indiscernible in even the most detailed elevation data of the area today.
    Richard Campanella, NOLA.com, 30 Oct. 2020
  • Truly almost indiscernible from beef, especially when smothered in cheese and ketchup and washed down with a cold beer.
    Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 19 Apr. 2022
  • In the 21st century, the city Assembly website is the first place people go to for any information, yet the text is small and the links are a labyrinth of indiscernible algorithms.
    Anchorage Daily News, 28 Mar. 2020
  • The livestream for the virtual hearing had a rocky start, with several minutes of indiscernible noises and muffled speech from the courtroom.
    Fox News, 8 Jan. 2022
  • Sporting a mohawk that added a few inches to their height, Lil Uzi Vert rapped a bar about stacking his money so high that his height would be completely indiscernible.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2023
  • The difference is visually indiscernible over that long time span.
    Tim Maurer, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2024
  • Scoping out the scene was hard to do—dancing bodies in the crowd were made indiscernible by pulsating lights and conversations were drowned out by the music that thumped—but isn’t that the best kind of party?
    Vogue, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Nevertheless, here Mazara stood, nodding his head and mouthing some indiscernible words.
    Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, 12 May 2018
  • First of all, the display section covering the camera has to be visually indiscernible from the regular screen.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 23 Apr. 2021
  • Human voices at mealtimes are indiscernible, but the rush of a toilet flushing and the taps running alongside after she's rushed to throw up a course, are crisp and immediate.
    Holly Thomas, CNN, 9 Nov. 2021
  • The assault was almost indiscernible, like ice hardening over a culvert.
    Rosemary McClure, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2021
  • The assault was almost indiscernible, like ice hardening over a culvert.
    Rosemary McClure, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2021
  • The assault was almost indiscernible, like ice hardening over a culvert.
    Kerri Arsenault, The New York Review of Books, 1 Sep. 2020
  • The assault was almost indiscernible, like ice hardening over a culvert.
    Rosemary McClure, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2021

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