INDETERMINATE in a Sentence

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1. The clay had hardened, some time in this indeterminate day which had lasted a thousand years.
2. In a basket, swung from his neck, cowered a dozen very recent puppies of an indeterminate breed.
3. Then after an indeterminate dark interval, Prissy was beside her, chattering on in a pleased way.
4. As they came abreast the house, an indeterminate number, passing like shadows, she called to them.

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 Meanings and Examples of INDETERMINATE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
indeterminate
 a.  uncertain; not clearly fixed; indefinite
Classic Sentence:
1  Then after an indeterminate dark interval, Prissy was beside her, chattering on in a pleased way.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
2  As they came abreast the house, an indeterminate number, passing like shadows, she called to them.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
3  The clay had hardened, some time in this indeterminate day which had lasted a thousand years.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
4  Mrs. Hatch swam in a haze of indeterminate enthusiasms, of aspirations culled from the stage, the newspapers, the fashion journals, and a gaudy world of sport still more completely beyond her companion's ken.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 9
5  In a basket, swung from his neck, cowered a dozen very recent puppies of an indeterminate breed.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
Example Sentence:
1  That interest rates shall rise appears certain; when they will do so, however, remains indeterminate.
2  Does there exists a sort of world-music category for comedy, in which a stand-up of indeterminate pigmentation makes jokes that appeal equally to a member of the Taliban and to a bespoke-vermouth bottler from Victoria?