INCOHERENT in a Sentence

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49 example sentences for INCOHERENT, such as:

1. His incoherent questions were lost.
2. The man was almost incoherent with fear.
3. The patient began to rave incoherently at the nurses.
4. I was greatly dejected and distressed, but in an incoherent wholesale sort of way.
5. I did not, when a slave, understand the deep meaning of those rude and apparently incoherent songs.

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 Meanings and Examples of INCOHERENT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
incoherent
 a.  lacking cohesion, connection, or harmony; unable to think in clear manner
Classic Sentence: (45 in 4 pages)
1  A thousand incoherent thoughts shot through her mind, and she could not catch a single one to mold into a word.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
2  Sometimes her sisters seemed far away and tiny and their incoherent voices came to her like the buzz of insects.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
3  Her heart leaped and stopped and then began racing, as Melly with incoherent cries threw herself into the dirty soldier's arms and his head bent down toward hers.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
4  She sprang to her feet with an incoherent cry which made the hum of voices in the next room cease suddenly.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
5  Each time, Marija would emit a howl and fly at them, shaking her fists in their faces, stamping upon the floor, purple and incoherent with rage.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
6  It did not seem strange to him that she should be so very much upset; all her fright and incoherent protestations did not matter since he had her back.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
7  A solemn and respectful silence succeeded this incoherent burst from the lips of the Delaware prophet.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 30
8  I did not, when a slave, understand the deep meaning of those rude and apparently incoherent songs.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
9  His incoherent questions were lost.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 12
10  The monster continued to utter wild and incoherent self-reproaches.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
11  Presently Tom lifted his head with a jerk and after staring around the garage with glazed eyes addressed a mumbled incoherent remark to the policeman.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
12  About three o'clock the quality of Wilson's incoherent muttering changed--he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
13  On the last night, with my trunk packed and my car sold to the grocer, I went over and looked at that huge incoherent failure of a house once more.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
14  I was greatly dejected and distressed, but in an incoherent wholesale sort of way.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XL
15  I had many a broken sleep inside the Yarmouth mail, and many an incoherent dream of all these things.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 7. MY 'FIRST HALF' AT SALEM HOUSE
Example Sentence:
1  The excited fan blushed and stammered, her words becoming almost incoherent in the thrill of meeting her favorite rock star face to face.
2  The man was almost incoherent with fear.
3  After the automobile accident, the victim had periods of aphasia when he could not speak at all or could only mumble incoherently.
4  The patient began to rave incoherently at the nurses.