DISJOINTED in a Sentence

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Example sentences for DISJOINTED, such as:

1. But presently it began to flag a trifle, and grow disjointed.
2. His remarks were so disjointed that we could not follow his reasoning.
3. If Sid really managed to make anything out of Tom's disjointed mutterings, he kept it to himself.

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 Meanings and Examples of DISJOINTED
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
disjointed
 a.  separated at joints; out of joint; lacking order or coherence
Classic Sentence:
1  If Sid really managed to make anything out of Tom's disjointed mutterings, he kept it to himself.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
2  But presently it began to flag a trifle, and grow disjointed.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
3  After awhile, he began to remember a few disjointed fragments of what the judge had said: though it had seemed to him, at the time, that he could not hear a word.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LII
4  Apparently as time went on, the feeding of the Under-world, however it was effected, had become disjointed.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In X
5  "Come along, then," said the Englishman, frowning, and speaking with his mouth shut, and, with swinging elbows, he went on in front with his disjointed gait.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 21
6  It surprised him to see that the play which he had known at rehearsals for a disjointed lifeless thing had suddenly assumed a life of its own.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
Example Sentence:
1  His remarks were so disjointed that we could not follow his reasoning.