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
• In Love and Thunder, the Avengers plot hole couldn’t be more obvious.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 12 July 2022
• 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 answer is obvious, but there are three more episodes to go.
  — Helena Andrews-Dyer, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2022
• 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
• It’s long been obvious that what Lori—the only single girl of the three—wants is Valentin.
  — Judy Berman, TIME, 17 Mar. 2025
• Mesa Drive This one is a bit obvious — Mesa Drive is named after the city.
  — Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 8 July 2024
• The bad news for bettors is that there's no obvious right side.
  — Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2025
• Hague lamented the rush to reach a deal in the absence of any obvious pressure on Russia but with an intense focus on obtaining for the U.S. the mineral wealth of Ukraine.
  — Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
• Bokeh is an obvious concern with any bright lens, but especially one with a telephoto focal range.
  — PC Magazine, 22 Apr. 2025