I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me sad. Perhaps there is just a touch of yearning at times; but it is vague, like a breeze among flowers. From LearnThat.org. [Helen Keller (1880-1968).]
I have used the English word vague as an equivalent of that word in Japanese aimaina. From Wordnik.com. [Kenzaburo Oe - Nobel Lecture] Reference
Instead, privacy was referred to in vague, amorphous terms. From Wordnik.com. ['Trivial Complaints:' The Role of Privacy in Domestic Violence Law and Activism in the U.S.] Reference
He speaks in vague terms about needing to get back on track. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Duval below par all season long] Reference
I purposely remain vague to allow the input of my collaborators. From Wordnik.com. [Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat] Reference
DG: Regarding the next book, I'm only talking about it in vague terms. From Wordnik.com. [INTERVIEW: Daryl Gregory] Reference
They would be much likelier to hang round him in vague hopes of a tip. From Wordnik.com. [The Road to Wigan Pier] Reference
Where things get a little vague is in putting a genre label on Fringe. From Wordnik.com. [Abrams & Jackson Talk Fringe : SF Universe - SF Universe is your Science Fiction central. From SciFi television to movies to books and more. All the latest news, reviews and insights from SciFi experts.] Reference
The optimal scribbler will know everything in vague outline, nothing in detail. From Wordnik.com. [May I Be Excused? My Brain Is Full.] Reference
Instead, they seemingly attempt to portray all good economic news in vague, ambiguous light. From Wordnik.com. [Cookie monsters « BuzzMachine] Reference
This has resulted in vague, imprecise tasting notes with limited potential for awarding marks. From Wordnik.com. [Sasha Smith] Reference
Put my hair in vague pin-curls last night so it will be all curly for Zoe's barbecue this evening. From Wordnik.com. [The One Where It's All Gone Quiet] Reference
The “substance” of this kind of office, if I may be a little vague, is fundamentally different. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Why Recalls of U.S. Senators Are Unconstitutional] Reference
And the shudder of a vain vague jealousy came over Eleanor's heart; as she too, sat and watched the stars. From Wordnik.com. [Stuart of Dunleath: A Story of Modern Times] Reference
You talk in vague terms about well-funded PR around skepticism but are you willing to make specific claims?. From Wordnik.com. [Open Climate Science or Denial of Service attacks? | Serendipity] Reference
At first in vague fashion, I say; and when with you again, your spell dominated me and I could not question. From Wordnik.com. [The Kempton-Wace Letters] Reference
I have never shared any work matters online, but I felt this was innocuous enough if I write in vague terms. From Wordnik.com. [Having "One Of Those Days" « Unambiguously Ambidextrous] Reference
But away from you, even then, doubts faced me, and I knew in vague fashion that we lived in different worlds. From Wordnik.com. [The Kempton-Wace Letters] Reference
I think these may contain vague spoilers but I'm never sure how to rate spoilers for other people, i.e. sanely. From Wordnik.com. [27th May '08] Reference
Anyhow I don't need to live in vague apprehensions about either of my present servants on the ground of cleverness. From Wordnik.com. [Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle] Reference
The contours of the whole island remain vague: it is never named, nor is its precise location ever given in the book. From Wordnik.com. [Children Playing by the Sea: the Dynamics of Appropriation in the Brazilian Romantic Novel] Reference
Well vague is the word to describe the talk surrounding the next go around of putting the green monster on the big screen. From Wordnik.com. [2007 December | Fused Film] Reference
Voting on any political issue may serve a certain vague purpose, but voting on the side of pop culture serves a clear purpose. From Wordnik.com. [Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat] Reference
It can't be tracked at all unless it is used, and even then its location cannot be determined except in vague geographic terms. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: January 6, 2002 - January 12, 2002 Archives] Reference
Adding to the north's problems is a new religious leader with a message so evil it's described only in vague, nondescript terms. From Wordnik.com. [Book Review: Three Hands for Scorpio] Reference
Monday morning. my days are disquieted & the dreams of the night only retrace the past or bewilder me in vague visions of the future. From Wordnik.com. [Letter 124] Reference
They must remain vague, at times numbingly so, in order to conceal the preposterously transparent sleight-of-hand of their fiscal policy. From Wordnik.com. [Alec Baldwin: Harry Reid, Sharron Angle, and the Role of Government in America] Reference
Of course, being vague is meant to draw the unsuspecting viewers inside, whereby M. Night can unleash his 'famous' 'twist' ending on them. From Wordnik.com. [Summer Sci Fi Movie Smackdown] Reference
The NBA's new Collective Bargaining Agreement has yet to become official, and its details remain vague even to general managers and agents. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - NBA's new CBA should foster more player movement] Reference
But lo! the air was a-glint with particles of scintillating frost, and there, to the north, the wind-vane lay in vague outline on the snow. From Wordnik.com. [In a Far Country] Reference
I recall my vague idea that we must have fallen down the cliff. From Wordnik.com. [Brigands of the Moon] Reference
Afterward he recalled a vague, half-conscious impression of being lifted on a horse. From Wordnik.com. [The Rules of the Game] Reference
Instead it sent out what has been described as a vague letter to various legal organizations. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 19, 2007] Reference
The report also says more journalists are being jailed on what the CPJ describes as vague charges. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 9, 2008] Reference
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