How to Use vaguely in a Sentence

vaguely

adverb
  • The Fates tell Dream, albeit a bit vaguely, where to find them.
    Alex Raiman, EW.com, 5 Aug. 2022
  • Despite the changes, the top Democrat in the House said the bill was worded too vaguely.
    Greg Wehner, Fox News, 7 Feb. 2023
  • It was made to look instead like a vaguely edgier remix of the 2004 film.
    Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The cut of a sleeve or the drape of a skirt can transform the rosette's effect from quirky and girly to moody and vaguely gothic.
    Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Most people are, at best, just vaguely aware of that fact.
    Steve Slavin, Baltimore Sun, 19 Mar. 2024
  • The vaguely bluesy folk songs courtesy of A.G. Cook put us in a place of longing from frame one.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Its design is open and vaguely geometric, with a flip on top of the fringe and both short ends.
    Sarah Halverson, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The class seems vaguely aware of the missile silos scattered across the county.
    Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 May 2024
  • Some pictures of the laptop look vaguely Photoshopped, like someone grabbed the top of the screen and stretched it out.
    Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The green piping is subtle, vaguely retro-tinged, and oh-so-cool for summer.
    Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 19 May 2024
  • If the photos look vaguely familiar to you, there's a good reason for that.
    Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 14 Aug. 2023
  • All the men are kicked to the curb except for a vaguely humanoid robot donning a baseball cat.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2023
  • On a vaguely lighter note, what’s a recent moment that gave you catharsis?
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Despite the changes, top Democrat in the Arkansas House said the bill was worded too vaguely.
    Fox News, 25 Feb. 2023
  • But Gosling’s Ken is the best of them, stalwart, in a somewhat neutered way, with his shaggy blond hair, spray-tan bare chest, and vaguely pink lips.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 18 July 2023
  • The titular work, vaguely in the key of A minor, was heard in versions for choir and for solo organ.
    Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
  • The generous side dish tasted vaguely of black pepper and was wet rather than creamy.
    Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 7 July 2023
  • The New Deal only begins to look vaguely acceptable when the growth is in per capita terms.
    Brian Domitrovic, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
  • The steeply slanted roof makes the space seem small; the chairs are just a foot above the ground, as if made for children or toys; and the elevator up smells vaguely like crayons.
    Vrinda Jagota, SPIN, 11 Mar. 2024
  • The mayor’s team has countered Lopez and Tabares by saying the amendment was vaguely written and would erode due process rights.
    Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
  • The screenplay vaguely sketches the details of his waking life, but the real action takes place in his dream world.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Sep. 2024
  • Maybe 1 in 3 potential viewers will have vaguely heard of the movie before.
    Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 24 July 2024
  • Every officer’s mouth is zipped shut, and all of the faces look vaguely milky and homogenous.
    Zachary Fine, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Over the course of their visits, researchers found four vaguely familiar-looking snakes, the study said.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Or is this just a different chiseled, vaguely red-haired man?
    Emma Specter, Vogue, 27 Sep. 2024
  • There were those who, right after the earthquake, promised to help the couple, only to respond vaguely when Ibrahim followed up.
    Safak Timur Emin Ozmen, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2024
  • The plan, as vaguely as it was presented at the time, seems to have hit a serious roadblock: a lack of customer demand.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 29 Feb. 2024
  • The law is so vaguely worded, and the punishment so high, that at least one Pride Parade has already been canceled this year.
    Tori Otten, The New Republic, 17 May 2023
  • There’s a late sweetness that lingers and a vaguely sulfuric smell, like bathing in an actual hot spring.
    Lucas Kwan Peterson, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2023
  • There was warmth among the orphaned, and a collective hope that felt vaguely messianic.
    Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024

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