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  • His communicator sputtered something unintelli-gible.

    The Chronicles of Riddick Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2004

  • The other players had been quietly spoken and beautifully dressed, and the air of power round the table had been almost tan gible, and definitely menacing.

    Rome's Revenge Craven, Sara 2001

  • So today, in the Tourney, art had to be intelli - gible to both the experts and the average man, and esthetic to both.

    Blue Adept Anthony, Piers 1981

  • It was a concentrated glare, an almost tan - gible aura of hate; every time Snack glanced up he encountered that implacable force.

    Split Infinity Anthony, Piers 1980

  • It was a concentrated glare, an almost tan - gible aura of hate; every time Snack glanced up he encountered that implacable force.

    Split Infinity Anthony, Piers 1980

  • These difficulties and a host of difficulties like them make it doubtful whether the discourse used to spell out the reference range of “God” is sufficiently intelli - gible to make such God-talk coherent.

    AGNOSTICISM KAI NIELSEN 1968

  • And Bossuet de - clares: “Those propositions which are clear and intelli - gible by themselves are called axioms or first princi - ples” (Connaissance de Dieu I, 13).

    AXIOMATIZATION ROBERT BLANCH 1968

  • All these things and people were no longer remote and negli - gible; they had to be met, they were lined up against her, they were there to take something from her.

    The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather 1915

  • To his daughter it was unintelli - gible, and he did not enlighten her.

    A Study in Scarlet Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

  • To his daughter it was unintelli - gible, and he did not enlighten her.

    A Study in Scarlet Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

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