Its eyes blinked in vague recognition.

Then a spark of vague recognition flashed in his eyes.

Yet when I experienced that ecstasy I felt a vague recognition, as if I had once known it but had forgotten.

His face strains in vague recognition as the noisy group move up to the bar.

But for all that, their names now trigger little more than a vague recognition on the part of even the most passionate art lovers.

She looked at me with the vaguest recognition.

The colonel glanced up quickly with a start of vague recognition.

A vague recognition came over Mercer, a familiarity in the face he couldn't quite place.

He was still clutching a wine bottle, which was almost empty, and blinked at them all in vague recognition.

The detective found many people who expressed either vague recognition, knew Mr. Cohen through one of his aliases, or were afraid to talk.