How to Use obvious in a Sentence

obvious

adjective
  • The answer seems obvious enough to me.
  • It was obvious that things weren't working out.
  • The obvious question is: how did he become so successful?
  • She saw only the most obvious differences.
  • For obvious reasons, I would not like to reveal my name.
  • The problem was immediately obvious to everyone in the room.
  • He was the obvious candidate for president.
  • Her doctor immediately noticed the obvious signs of the disease.
  • Thanks to the striped print, the shirring isn’t as obvious.
    Jessica Booth, Parents, 2 June 2024
  • A lot of the time the path to doing the right thing isn’t obvious.
    Gregory Barber, WIRED, 15 Feb. 2023
  • The biggest and most obvious change from E30 to E36 is the car’s size.
    Kyle Hyatt, Robb Report, 24 June 2024
  • The magnitude of the problem is not obvious to much of the city.
    Richard Schiffman Erin Schaff, New York Times, 8 June 2023
  • The last is obvious: the opponent can’t try to evade the slap.
    Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2023
  • The most obvious is the sheer delight the series takes in food.
    Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 July 2024
  • Still, the red flags should have been obvious, Mr. Munger said.
    Akane Otani, WSJ, 15 Nov. 2022
  • The smokey smell was obvious and its flavor was more present in the meat versus the sauce.
    Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 July 2023
  • The chilly Baltic Sea may not seem like the most obvious place to skinny dip.
    Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 29 May 2024
  • What is less obvious is how Biden should get out of it.
    Ross Douthat, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Too much of its blood and fire is the work of computers, and for the first time, that work is obvious.
    Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2024
  • The appeal of longevity is obvious: the longer these women are on the show, the more they get paid.
    Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The appeal for fans is obvious, but the functions are a win-win.
    Charlotte Collins, Architectural Digest, 1 Aug. 2024
  • And this might seem obvious, but the oceans give us ... water.
    Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 June 2024
  • All of which leads to the most obvious question of all time: Is there a Tayvis duet in our future?
    Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Mesa Drive This one is a bit obvious — Mesa Drive is named after the city.
    Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 8 July 2024
  • Joan wisely gives Jonathan the Prom King crown and an obvious rose to the big-time contender.
    Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2024
  • The most obvious is that there are simply more dogs and dog owners than at any time in the past.
    Jessica Pierce, TIME, 15 Dec. 2024
  • And there isn’t an obvious choice to snatch the baton from Álvarez once his time is over.
    Jorge Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2023
  • To such a person, the answer would be obvious on the last day of Wordle’s 2,309-word list.
    Pradeep Mutalik, Quanta Magazine, 2 Dec. 2022
  • For Trump, the next steps should be obvious: Avoid bloodshed.
    Lissa Weinmann, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2025
  • But once the last of three non-sequential episodes sent to critics featured a great guest appearance by Parker Young, that comparison was mighty obvious as well.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Jan. 2025

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