coherent
adjective
co·her·ent
kō-ˈhir-ənt 
-ˈher-
1
a
: logically or aesthetically ordered or integrated : consistent
coherent style
a coherent argument
b
: having clarity or intelligibility : understandable
a coherent person
a coherent passage
2
: having the quality of holding together or cohering
3
a
: relating to or composed of waves having a constant difference in phase
coherent light
b
: producing coherent light
a coherent source
coherently
adverb
Examples of coherent in a Sentence
… the diaries and the novels demonstrate how a novelist tweaks and grooms reality into something more structured and coherent than life as it is lived.
—
Penelope Lively, Atlantic, February 2001
He is without a political agenda as he is without a coherent moral sensibility.
—Joyce Carol Oates, Entertainment Weekly, 27 July 1990
At times, without my insisting on it, my writings become coherent; the successive elements that occur to me are clearly related.
—William Stafford, Writing the Australian Crawl, 1978
This time the song was old, a pattern of rhythmic monosyllables which had lost coherent meaning somewhere in time.
—Tony Hillerman, The Blessing Way, 1970
He proposed the most coherent plan to improve the schools.
They are able to function as a coherent group.
Penelope Lively, Atlantic, February 2001
He is without a political agenda as he is without a coherent moral sensibility.
—Joyce Carol Oates, Entertainment Weekly, 27 July 1990
At times, without my insisting on it, my writings become coherent; the successive elements that occur to me are clearly related.
—William Stafford, Writing the Australian Crawl, 1978
This time the song was old, a pattern of rhythmic monosyllables which had lost coherent meaning somewhere in time.
—Tony Hillerman, The Blessing Way, 1970
He proposed the most coherent plan to improve the schools.
They are able to function as a coherent group.
Recent Examples on the Web
But Trump has continued to claim that the network was trying to influence the election by making Harris sound more coherent, even though both of her answers were in the public realm.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 26 Feb. 2025
The park is designed to intensify the use of the area for the local and wider Taichung community, while promoting a more coherent city infrastructure.
—Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
The Republican majorities that control both houses of Congress, though narrow, are far more coherent than in the past, as was evident when the Senate GOP solidified behind even the most questionable of Trump’s Cabinet choices.
—Carl Leubsdorf, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2025
And no one offered a coherent explanation for why the cap is 15%.
—Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2025
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Ted Johnson, Deadline, 26 Feb. 2025
The park is designed to intensify the use of the area for the local and wider Taichung community, while promoting a more coherent city infrastructure.
—Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
The Republican majorities that control both houses of Congress, though narrow, are far more coherent than in the past, as was evident when the Senate GOP solidified behind even the most questionable of Trump’s Cabinet choices.
—Carl Leubsdorf, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2025
And no one offered a coherent explanation for why the cap is 15%.
—Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for coherent
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“Coherent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coherent. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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