Sentence examples for an ambiguous remark from inspiring English sources

On the campaign trail, Trump made an ambiguous remark about wishing he had access to surveillance powers.

That was an ambiguous remark but he may have been referring to the time in Japan in 1990 when Senna drove Prost off the track to secure title.

While these general observations in no way justify prosecutorial misconduct, they do suggest that a court should not lightly infer that a prosecutor intends an ambiguous remark to have its most damaging meaning or that a jury, sitting through lengthy exhortation, will draw that meaning from the plethora of less damaging interpretations.

He preferred shadow to light; he preferred the half-said, careful, ambiguous remark to the big statement; he liked the slow smile rather than the easy laugh.

Or was it shades of the famous "Septaper" myth of 2013, when virtually the entire financial media predicted that the Fed would begin to "taper" its "quantitative easing" bond buying program that month, based on a highly ambiguous remark of then Chair Ben Bernanke in response to a congressman's question about a "Labor Day" timetable?

Sean Connelly, who spoke for the prosecution today, contended that Judge Matsch had not abused his discretion by construing the juror's words as "a passing comment in a lighthearted discussion". They also argued that such a casual and ambiguous remark, which did not say what the verdict should be, failed to require either a hearing, which could have been disruptive, or a new trial.

Mr. Bush's aides chose to interpret the ambiguous remark as an example of the senator's sometimes deadpan humor, and it did not diminish their conviction, shared by many Republican operatives, that the Texas governor had accomplished something important today.

Held: In the circumstances of this case, where the prosecutor's ambiguous remark in the course of an extended trial was followed by the trial court's specific disapproving instructions, no prejudice amounting to a denial of constitutional due process was shown.

This ambiguous remark immediately ignited speculation that Mr. Lazio could not, in the end, resist some reference to the first lady's personal predicament.

Orgel suggests that he is sceptical of female virtue in general, citing his ambiguous remark about his wife's fidelity.

Often, it involves ambiguous remarks or a tone in a communication to a lawmaker's office that can be read as threatening.