How to Use indirect in a Sentence

indirect

adjective

• Looking at her watch was her indirect way of telling him it was time to leave.
• These plants grow best in bright indirect light.
• Poor nutrition may have been an indirect cause of the disease.
• We took an indirect route.
• The cigarette stubs were indirect evidence that someone had been smoking in the room.
• He gave only vague, indirect answers to our questions.
• There were many indirect references to his earlier books.
• They used indirect methods of investigation.
• Place the plank on the indirect-heat side of the grill.
  — Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2021
• Put the pot in a warm area with bright, indirect light.
  — Lauren David, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2024
• Next, put the chicken, skin side down, on the indirect heat side of your grill.
  — Mackensy Lunsford, USA TODAY, 20 Aug. 2022
• Set up the grill for indirect grilling and heat to medium.
  — Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 13 May 2024
• Keep your aloe plant in a spot with bright, indirect light.
  — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 29 Apr. 2021
• Manilow took that to be an indirect way of advising him not to do the same.
  — Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Jan. 2024
• Place the stem in a cup in bright, indirect sunlight for about three weeks while the roots begin to grow.
  — Grace Haynes, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2024
• Place the hoya in medium to bright indirect light for the best results.
  — Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2021
• The indirect transfer of heat from the stove to the ceiling is convection.
  — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 25 Aug. 2023
• Place the jar in an area that gets bright, indirect light, and change the water every few days.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 27 July 2025
• Place steaks over the indirect flame (the grill temperature should be about 300°F) and cook the meat low and slow with the lid closed.
  — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 May 2023
• In the indirect method, producers soak the beans in hot water for a few hours and then take them out.
  — Michael W. Crowder, Discover Magazine, 30 July 2024
• To prolong the life of your blooms, place your Easter lily in bright, indirect light in a cool, but not drafty, spot in your home.
  — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 29 Jan. 2024
• The care couldn't be easier: bright indirect light and water on the dry side.
  — Marianne Willburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Dec. 2022
• Place it in indirect to low light and fertilize it once or twice a year.
  — Christian Gollayan, Men's Health, 7 June 2022
• During that third hour, fire up the grill and set it for indirect cooking.
  — Chuck Blount, San Antonio Express-News, 6 June 2022
• Turn the pots often, so all sides of the plant can get some indirect sunlight and grow evenly.
  — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 14 Apr. 2021
• Hoyas have thick, waxy leaves, are great climbers and prefer bright, indirect light.
  — Lisa Boone, Star Tribune, 22 Sep. 2020
• The care couldn’t be easier: bright indirect light and water on the dry side.
  — Marianne Willburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2020
• Flip dough and grill over indirect heat, then top as desired.
  — Joy Cho, Women's Health, 21 Aug. 2023
• Added to these economic forces are cutbacks in government employment, direct and indirect.
  — Michael Bernick, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
• Deciphering if any of those cloud providers are Nvidia's mystery customers is difficult, in part because the chipmaker has wiggle room in the definitions of its direct and indirect customers.
  — Kif Leswing, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2025