How to Use nebulous in a Sentence

nebulous

adjective
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  • These philosophical concepts can be nebulous.
  • Luck was just one of many strings tied to the nebulous object that was the future.
    — Belinda Huijuan Tang, Vogue, 5 May 2022
  • This is an area hazier than gray and more nebulous than fog.
    — Tamar Adler, Vogue, 18 Jan. 2019
  • Of course the nebulous catch rule would play a role in deciding the season.
    — Jenny Vrentas, SI.com, 4 Feb. 2018
  • The king of the casseroles has a nebulous yet traceable origin story.
    — Dallas News, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Here is a look at some of the issues that make the term terrorism so nebulous and tricky.
    — Rick Gladstone, New York Times, 31 May 2018
  • The direction of and vision for the team is amorphous and nebulous.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2022
  • Jacob has grand, nebulous plans for his life, but these are lost in the war.
    — Micah Mattix, WSJ, 11 Nov. 2022
  • The laws of friendship are so nebulous and stretchy that what even is a breakup, anyway?
    — Liana Finck, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2023
  • But in the world of cloud computing, the perimeter is more nebulous.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Trust is a nebulous thing, and something very easy to lose but very hard to regain.
    — Tom Rasmussen, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Blame it on the moon’s square off with nebulous Neptune!
    — USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The play is a two-hander that, while set in the modern day, has a nebulous sense of time and space.
    — Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The topic’s too vast and nebulous and the cultures too disparate.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 5 Aug. 2023
  • And with such a huge multi-pronged problem, the end game can be a bit nebulous.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 19 Jan. 2022
  • One of these searching souls will be left holding the nebulous prize by book’s end.
    — Terry Hong, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 July 2018
  • Of course, these concepts aren’t new and can seem quite nebulous.
    — Dr. Janet Ahn and Tessa West, Quartz, 12 Oct. 2022
  • And this one doesn’t have a product tie-in from a nebulous specter hawking its book.
    — Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 15 June 2021
  • Some things are just more nebulous and harder to put into words.
    — Vulture, 19 July 2023
  • But the nebulous nature of the program’s goals has caused some to question its value.
    — Brian Chasnoff, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Feb. 2020
  • The genre identity of the Purge movies has always been nebulous.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 1 July 2021
  • Climate change is no longer a far off threat with nebulous outcomes.
    — Rachel Ramirez and Alexis Benveniste, CNN, 10 Aug. 2021
  • The plan, which at this point seems to be completely nebulous, is for five starters plus one.
    — Jeff Wilson, star-telegram, 5 Mar. 2018
  • The biggest effects may be more nebulous and longer-term.
    — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The term is a somewhat nebulous way to describe someone who is mildly out of touch or just a hair behind in the times.
    — NBC News, 31 Dec. 2021
  • For nebulous reasons, my husband wavered and then backed out at the last minute.
    — Carolyn Hax, The Seattle Times, 14 Aug. 2018
  • It’s a concept nebulous enough to be made to seem offensive or evil.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2022
  • Gott's return from a right groin strain is a little nebulous.
    — Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 21 June 2022
  • Celebrity on the internet can be a fickle and nebulous thing.
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Nobody knows what will, and will not clear Valves nebulous rules.
    — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 6 Sep. 2019

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