How to Use indefinite in a Sentence

indefinite

adjective

• Their plans have been put on indefinite hold.
• She is indefinite about her plans.
• We're stuck here for an indefinite period of time.
• The Flames said Dube was on indefinite leave to tend to his mental health.
  — CBS News, 30 Jan. 2024
• Then join us again in the misty, indefinite, and random future for the next episode.
  — John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver, 7 July 2023
• The damage from the fire forced the indefinite closure of a stretch of Interstate 10, a major artery in the region.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2023
• The Bruins have placed Lucic on an indefinite leave of absence from the team.
  — Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 21 Nov. 2023
• What was to be a grand new beginning was put on indefinite hold.
  — G. Daniela Galarza, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2022
• In July 2021, with Bauer removed from the roster and put on indefinite leave, the Dodgers had until the end of the month to upgrade the rotation.
  — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2023
• But Hong Kongers say the welcome does not appear to be indefinite.
  — Alicia Chen, Washington Post, 31 May 2022
• The lengths of the suspensions differ, with some as low as nine months and others 21 months to indefinite terms, the complaint says.
  — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 3 Aug. 2022
• The six workers who sued have argued they were told the unpaid leave would be indefinite.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2021
• The closure will be in effect for an indefinite amount of time, but the southbound lanes remain open.
  — Amaris Encinas, The Arizona Republic, 4 Jan. 2022
• Covid-19 and its variants are here for the indefinite future, Parham said.
  — NBC News, 16 Dec. 2021
• At 19, they are sentenced to an indefinite stay, and that is when the real horrors begin.
  — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2022
• But the mandate is nationwide and indefinite, not tied to Covid rates.
  — David B. Rivkin Jr. and Robert Alt, WSJ, 28 Sep. 2021
• The timetable for his return to Cincinnati is indefinite.
  — Pat Brennan, The Enquirer, 2 Feb. 2022
• Google, Uber, and Ford, for instance, have pushed back their return-to-office dates– and in Google and Uber’s case, the postponement is indefinite.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 6 Jan. 2022
• The league had been seeking an indefinite suspension of no less than a full season.
  — Chris Easterling, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2022
• At the time, Facebook initially said the ban was indefinite.
  — Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2023
• But who could plan for the indefinite stasis of a pandemic?
  — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2021
• However, the rest will be placed on an indefinite pause.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 18 Feb. 2022
• The title-holder on that front—for about the past two years and for the indefinite future—is the Mach-E 1400, a mutant race car built for showing off and scaring people.
  — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 17 Aug. 2022
• It was made clear during the hearing that the league is seeking an indefinite suspension of at least a year for the quarterback.
  — Haley Yamada, ABC News, 6 July 2022
• Maya Rudolph is the new face of M&Ms after an ‘indefinite pause’ on the veteran spokescandies.
  — Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2023
• In the meantime, the police raided the husband’s jail cell, seized a cell phone, and placed him in indefinite solitary confinement.
  — D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
• In some sense, each event seemed to cause the other, a phenomenon that came to be called indefinite causality.
  — Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 27 Jan. 2023
• Lifshutz arranged with the artists and the Deborah Colton Gallery in Houston to take the piece as an indefinite consignment.
  — Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Mar. 2022
• The company said the suspension is indefinite and Banks and Naomi were stripped of their titles.
  — Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 21 May 2022
• When this year ends, Chicano Batman will be going on an indefinite hiatus.
  — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 23 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024