Eloquence is the power to translate a truth into language perfectly intelligible to the person to whom you speak. From LearnThat.org. [Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), American transcendentalist philosopher, essayist & lecturer.]
intelligible pronunciation. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Did the flatpack contain intelligible instructions?. From Wordnik.com. [One of these days… » 2003 » November » 04] Reference
She had barely made a word intelligible; when Major de. From Wordnik.com. [Vittoria — Complete] Reference
She had barely made a word intelligible; when Major de Pyrmont pointed to some officers approaching. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith] Reference
The younger you are, it seems the less intelligence is passed down, thus the decline in intelligible television. From Wordnik.com. [The Current State Of Science Fiction On Tv] Reference
We must just have faith enough to strive honestly till then, even though the reason and the motive cannot be spoken in intelligible words. From Wordnik.com. [Selections from the Letters of Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury to Jane Welsh Carlyle] Reference
Forms are known as the intelligible essences of objects. From Wordnik.com. [Ibn Bajja] Reference
There is no danger of your not being intelligible, which is the first thing. From Wordnik.com. [Emma] Reference
G. 72x Speech Coding Standards G. 72x Speech Coding Standards Quality "intelligible" - >. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
No foreign tongue can confuse him; his thoughts find a medium of expression intelligible to all. From Wordnik.com. [Manasseh A Romance of Transylvania] Reference
An interpretation of the precepts in terms intelligible to the modern student would therefore be extremely valuable. From Wordnik.com. [The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern] Reference
They must be rendered intelligible, that is, without reducing them, as did the Cartesians, to the status of ephemera. From Wordnik.com. [Giambattista Vico] Reference
But maybe it was during his late "intelligible" period. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: TALKS WITH COPY EDITORS.] Reference
Don't give me the excuse that it's a medium that makes the gospel "intelligible" to young people. From Wordnik.com. [Rapping priest releases new CD, says genre speaks to young people] Reference
As to the parts of my comment that are not "intelligible," I apologize. From Wordnik.com. [Patent Law Blog (Patently-O)] Reference
The recipes themselves are given in terms intelligible to the meanest capacity. ". From Wordnik.com. [Cassell's Vegetarian Cookery A Manual of Cheap and Wholesome Diet] Reference
I do not profess to know what is meant by "intelligible"; it seems to mean "familiar to imagination.". From Wordnik.com. [Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays] Reference
Nothing is less "intelligible," in any other sense, than the connection between an act of will and its fulfilment. From Wordnik.com. [Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays] Reference
There is a missing parenthesis in his date of birth, and in the "Birth certificate controversy" section, the word "intelligible" should be. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
There is a missing parenthesis in his date of birth, and in the "Birth certificate controversy" section, the word "intelligible" should be "ineligible". From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Anybody that thinks it's a good idea to give an NFL QB Coach position to a high school graduate assistant is clearly not the most "intelligible" knife in the drawer. From Wordnik.com. [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference
I found the voice to be pleasant and intelligible. From Wordnik.com. [iPod Shuffle review: Cool but compromised] Reference
By Dobell's vague standards of coherent narrative, this one is intelligible. From Wordnik.com. [Poem of the week: Wind by Sydney Dobell] Reference
"Although speech will be detectable, it might not be fully intelligible," he said. From Wordnik.com. [Teen Hearing Loss: 1-In-5 U.S. Teenagers Has Slight Hearing Loss] Reference
I will attempt, however, to return your questions legible if not intelligible answers. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet"] Reference
There's not an intelligible word in them, you know, because he was really, really drunk. From Wordnik.com. [Ray LaMontagne, Back with 'Sun Turns Black'] Reference
So we collapse our experience into narrative structures, or stories, to make it intelligible. From Wordnik.com. [Rewriting Life Stories] Reference
Some of the people on "the spectrum" attend college; others never speak an intelligible word. From Wordnik.com. [Mysteries and Complications] Reference
I'm also surprised how many guys write lyrics, and they don't even care if the lyrics are intelligible. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Feel Better: Ted Leo, Sans The Pharmacists] Reference
Even the mysterious flag became intelligible, when he looked at the faces of those over whom it floated. From Wordnik.com. [Lost in the Fog] Reference
HERMES: It's a new thing for Animal Collective songs, which are always emotional, to also be intelligible. From Wordnik.com. [Animal Collective: The Electronic Turns Organic] Reference
As she has grown older the words continue to confound us, but even when they are intelligible they often do not make sense to us. From Wordnik.com. [Ariane Zurcher: A Conundrum - Autism] Reference
March, 1841, he wrote a long and intelligible letter to Mrs. Clare, almost the only peculiarity in which is that every word is begun with. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet"] Reference
Whereas the second clause of this sentence would not even be intelligible in 1992, today witnesses to the riot would be busily blogging or tweeting it. From Wordnik.com. ['The Miracle of the 1940s'] Reference
KRULWICH: So he would put his finger right on the page, on top of a word like cat, and then he'd trace the C and then the A - the word became intelligible. From Wordnik.com. [The Writer Who Couldn't Read] Reference
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