How to Use obscure in a Sentence

obscure

1 of 2 adjective

• The origins of the language are obscure.
• The movie is full of obscure references that only pop culture enthusiasts will understand.
• Along the way the sudden sharp turns obscure many of the ride’s lighter drops.
  — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2023
• Whistler also unearths the more obscure tales from in and around the 210.
  — René A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Oct. 2021
• Their moons, on the other hand, are a bit more obscure.
  — Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 7 Mar. 2024
• The shareholder suit hinges on an obscure part of the law.
  — Cynthia Koons, Bloomberg.com, 8 May 2017
• The bodycam footage of the foot-chase is too obscure to make out these actions.
  — Emily Wilder, The Arizona Republic, 26 Nov. 2020
• But don’t let the cyclical noise obscure the long-term trend.
  — Jackson Fordyce, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2023
• It was even rumored that the then-obscure actor didn't know how to drive a stick.
  — Clark Collis, EW.com, 5 Oct. 2021
• Death comes no less for the famous than for the obscure, for the refined no less than for the crude, for rich and poor alike.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2019
• Perhaps the most obscure song on this list, this is a fantastic song to clean the garage to.
  — Ryan D'agostino, Popular Mechanics, 20 Nov. 2018
• These bets range from the mundane, like which team will score first, to the highly obscure.
  — Grayson Quay, The Week, 14 Feb. 2022
• Why not start a record label to share obscure music from across the globe?
  — Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE.com, 9 Mar. 2018
• When something is this complex and obscure, the best approach is to watch and wait.
  — Drew Pendergrass, Harper's Magazine, 25 May 2020
• Many of those moments and places are mundane and obscure.
  — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Apr. 2022
• Pal gave voice to ideas that the architects of the tribunal preferred to obscure.
  — Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2023
• And then there are the barriers posed by any number of obscure trade rules.
  — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 9 July 2020
• Oscar Moon isn’t named for some obscure soul singer though.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 10 May 2021
• But as its more obscure provisions come to light, the line of attack may change.
  — Jonathan Weisman, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2021
• So far as the extant record shows, Aswell’s reasons were obscure.
  — Colin Asher, The New Republic, 19 Apr. 2021
• But the large, long-eared bird-hunters aren't exactly obscure.
  — CBS News, 20 Mar. 2024
• But the large, long-eared bird-hunters aren’t exactly obscure.
  — Jennifer Peltz, Fortune, 20 Mar. 2024
• The thing about obscure and weird horror is that there’s no practical end to it.
  — Glenn Kenny, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2017
• An obscure Townes Van Zandt track wafted through the speakers.
  — Ryan Bradley, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2023
• Whole, ground, common, obscure, hailing from all over the world.
  — Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2020
• The other half of the mystery, meanwhile, is as obscure as ever.
  — Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 20 June 2018
• Men, women and children – both famous and obscure – get the same size.
  — Time, 24 Jan. 2020
• In fact, the more obscure or hyper-focussed a museum is, the more fun its gift shop tends to be.
  — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2021
• Some of the real bands are obscure enough that readers might assume Stone made them.
  — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 19 Feb. 2023
• The engineers know every bolt and obscure whine from the engine room.
  — Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 31 May 2016

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obscure

2 of 2 verb

• They accused the company of trying to obscure the fact that the product poses a health risk.
• The true history has been obscured by legends about what happened.
• The figure could be seen dragging a foot across the way to obscure the tracks of the cart.
  — Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com, 23 Sep. 2021
• In the video, the car is slathered in mud and obscured by the cloudy green water, its trunk popped open.
  — Steve Annear, BostonGlobe.com, 9 July 2018
• Clouds and storms could obscure views in the southern Plains and the western Gulf Coast.
  — Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 8 Apr. 2024
• Thus, only part of the sun will be obscured during the eclipse.
  — Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 23 Feb. 2024
• The weather can change and clouds can obscure your sky view.
  — Michael Stillwell, Popular Mechanics, 28 Mar. 2017
• The moon will appear to obscure between 70 and 80 percent of the sun.
  — Camille Fine, USA TODAY, 24 June 2023
• The suspect’s eyes are drawn as black and beady, and his left ear is obscured.
  — Jonathan Sperling, NBC News, 9 Feb. 2018
• Bright moonlight could dim the view, and clouds could obscure it.
  — Gwendolyn Wu, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Oct. 2021
• Black men also shot out the street lights to obscure the view of white snipers.
  — Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, The New Yorker, 24 June 2021
• There is good all around us, even in times when bad tries to swirl in and obscure our view.
  — Rex Huppke, chicagotribune.com, 22 Dec. 2021
• Beneath the vest, half the message of her T-shirt was obscured.
  — Catherine Lacey, Harper's magazine, 19 Aug. 2019
• The sun will become about 99% obscured in Cincinnati during the peak of the eclipse.
  — Cincinnati Enquirer, The Enquirer, 7 Apr. 2023
• Trees have filled in behind and around the pavilion and obscure the view to the mountains.
  — oregonlive, 9 Nov. 2020
• Coats came sleeveless or had long arms that obscured the hands.
  — Thomas Adamson, The Seattle Times, 22 June 2017
• All of this means that sometimes a hive or nest is obscured instead of out in the open.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 10 Oct. 2018
• From Joshua Tree, the moon will appear to obscure between 70 and 80 percent of the sun.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 June 2023
• The sun is often obscured and overshadowed by the trunk of a tree.
  — Pelican Bomb, NOLA.com, 12 Dec. 2017
• But don’t let that obscure the good news, which was about more than one month.
  — Alan S. Blinder, WSJ, 24 Nov. 2022
• At the peak, the moon will obscure approximately 99.4% of the sun.
  — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 8 Apr. 2024
• Last year’s joy ride obscures how good these Red Sox still can be.
  — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 27 July 2019
• The sun will be obscured by the moon, turning day into night for a brief time at its peak.
  — Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2024
• Some faces were obscured by the turbans Sikhs wear as a symbol of their faith.
  — Vic Ryckaert, Indianapolis Star, 2 July 2018
• On Wednesday, the ridges were obscured by growing clouds of smoke.
  — CBS News, 12 Oct. 2017
• That means there will be almost no glare from moonlight to obscure your view of the stars.
  — National Geographic, 20 Oct. 2017
• Fill the case with poly pellets to obscure the treasures.
  — Lauren Piro, Good Housekeeping, 31 Oct. 2022
• The distance obscures Grande and her dancer’s movements.
  — Kenzie Bryant, Vanities, 24 May 2018
• And though the details are obscured—the scene of the crime is a pet shop, for instance—the reference is plain.
  — E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2023
• At the same time, the mystique of the WOW Counties can obscure some important points.
  — Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 10 May 2023

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