Sentence examples for vague order from inspiring English sources

There is vague order to the everything else, but it scarcely matters.

The vague order made it nearly impossible to distinguish between dissent and disloyalty, and widespread arrests followed.

He seemed uneasy, a man under vague orders.

Those kinds of vague orders were the equivalent of my saying to the S.P.E.

You get to issue vague orders along the lines of "Just get it done".

Working under vague orders, By spent the first year inspecting the proposed route of the Rideau Canal.

As a young officer, Sharon was used by men like Moshe Dayan, who wanted to shield themselves politically and diplomatically from the consequences of their own vague orders, orders of the who-will-rid-me-of-this-troublesome-archbishop variety.

Although By had approval for the larger, more expensive locks that he built, the original vague orders, along with the poor communication between By in Canada and the British Ordnance and Parliament in Great Britain, contributed to the Rideau Canal becoming the most expensive military-financed public work project undertaken in any British colony in the 19th century.

This system was in marked contrast to the conflicting, vague orders issued by the French army.

Confused and vague orders meant he was uncertain of the timing of Shackleton's proposed march.

German historian Peter Longerich notes that vague orders couched in terminology that had a specific meaning for members of the regime were common, especially when people were being ordered to carry out criminal activities.