Sentence examples for Nebulous idea from inspiring English sources

He was not talking about actual extinctions, but the much more nebulous idea of an extinction threat.

Nullification is a wilful flouting of regulation, based on some nebulous idea of a higher good only scofflaws can deliver.

In fact, it was the unease of mathematicians with such a nebulous idea that led them to develop the concept of the limit.

The left traded its commitment to the supremacy of the ballot box for a more nebulous idea of "locking in" good policies through EU laws.

On the other hand, he knew nothing of doubly periodic functions, the classical theory of quadratic forms, or Cauchy's theorem, and he had only the most nebulous idea of what constitutes a mathematical proof.

Since 2001, a whole shelf of books have been published about al-Qaida, and the overall consensus is that they are now no more than a brand, a nebulous idea that anyone can subscribe to.

But that energy is in service of deeply nebulous ideas.

WILLIAMS: When I came to HP, I had very nebulous ideas about the electronics of the future.

Luke Frost, the head pastry chef with Valrhona wrangled my nebulous ideas ("Rolos that taste like cornflakes" and literally just the word "Nutella") into something tangible.

When you push them and push them they're based on some pretty nebulous ideas". The message is one that the advertising industry is not keen to hear but is slowly waking up to, he said.

We wanted to see where the breaks in the chain were". From such nebulous ideas of hubs and collectives, their progress has been speedy, fuelled by a passionate sense of urgency and expedient convergence of skills and timing.