Word: indistinctness
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...heavy tiller. Her husband crawls back along the catwalk to her; silhouetted half over the water with face upturned his doubled over figure resembles some odd monster coming into the camera. He reaches her; they embrace and tumble to the deck. Their figures in medium close shot are indistinct, but the bridal gown she is still wearing burns white in the surrounding dark...
Formative Years. Pending separate messages to Congress that will supply specifics, the program was still somewhat formless and indistinct; neither loud praise nor harsh criticism seemed quite appropriate. If not exactly bemused by the program, the Democrats were, for the most part, at a loss for words. Republicans were not much more vocal. Tennessee's Senator Howard Baker, Dirksen's son-in-law, noted the lack of response, but on reflection found it less than remarkable. Said Baker: "There were no surprises...
...rather than appending a list of the remainder of this fine cast and slurring them with indistinct praise, I shall recommend that you extract their names from the program and their merits from the stage...
...unpleasant choked sound in the lower register. Her performance at Holmes unfortunately revealed serious technical problems in handling the music. The Bach solo cantata was the closest to coloratura the Master ever came, and is a tough order for anyone to handle. Wednesday night Bach's elegant roulades were indistinct and slow; the tempo dragged at every soprano entrance. The accompanying trumpet, string quartet, and harpsichord, though. perfectly competent, was unconducted and therefore had major difficulties with ensemble...
...rudely resurrected under Nazi auspices, but it disappeared near the end of the war. In 1954, a new group took the famous old name and had another go at it. They flailed away at militarism and German pomposity, but somehow things were no longer the same. The targets were indistinct, the barbs not finely honed. Occasionally, as in its current issue, it found the mark. Piqued by what it considered excessive panoply surrounding the Adenauer funeral, the magazine noted that his body had been borne on an army truck and navy boat. In a neat reductio ad absurdum, it wondered...