be diffuse
Example Sentences
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For the more intangible cultural communities lost — like the music studios, rehearsal rooms and artists’ homes burned in both fires — recovery will be diffuse.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2025
Pain originating in the abdominal wall typically can be isolated to a specific spot; it is often overlooked and mistaken for visceral pain, which originates deeper in the abdomen and tends to be diffuse.
From Washington Post • Feb. 19, 2021
The roots of women’s fury can be diffuse.
From New York Times • Jul. 30, 2019
In a way it's harder, because the crowd's more likely to be diffuse, coming in and out.
From BBC • Jun. 26, 2013
The Need for Condensation All beginners need to practise condensation; our tendency while we are inexperienced is to be diffuse, and to over-load our subject with unimportant explanations or irrelevant side-issues.
From The Lure of the Pen A book for Would-Be Authors by Klickmann, Flora
