Sentence examples for gave vague from inspiring English sources

Whether the move toward Tbilisi had tactical as well as political purposes was not clear; Russian officers gave vague, or different, reasons for it.

Officials prefer to practice censorship with an invisible hand, and they gave vague and varied reasons for preventing the staging of "The Vagina Monologues".

He declined to say whether he had spoken with the Knicks' president, Isiah Thomas, and gave vague answers about his career intentions.

Journalists watching the trial, law professors following transcripts and even court officials say they have concluded that at least three crucial witnesses gave vague or contradictory testimony.

Two people familiar with the committee's deliberations said in interviews that it did not endorse Mr. Grimm partly because he gave vague answers when asked why he left the F.B.I. after a decade — and what he did afterward.

Detective Vannatter's testimony that Mr. Simpson was not yet a suspect when they first visited the house was widely disbelieved, and his and Detective Lange's interrogation of Mr. Simpson was criticized as lacking thoroughness; it lasted only 32 minutes, and they failed to press Mr. Simpson after he gave vague and elusive statements.

The Democrats are accusing Alito of giving vague answers.

Now more powerful than ever, Mr. Rajapaksa has given vague assurances about unifying the country.

When quizzed on the cost and funding of this new undertaking, the authorities give vague answers.

Avoid giving vague answers as these are likely to be challenged.

Another way of saying this is that bogus science gives vague, undisciplined thinking the look of seriousness and truth.