obnubilated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for obnubilated
Adjective
  • The aspirational numbers are dazzling but many details are undefined, with much left to be decided down the road in a world fraught with geopolitical and economic impediments.
    David Blackmon, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
  • Its purpose is no longer unclear or undefined; the industry recognizes it as a solid platform for experienced directors whose films do well in theaters.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 17 May 2025
Adjective
  • The team notes that the gases are chemically indistinguishable from gases present in volcanic rocks from Hawaiʻi, where volcanism is fueled by a mantle plume.
    David Bressan, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
  • Musically, the song is indistinguishable from most modern country — a plangent guitar melody leading the way, followed by the sinister percussive drop of a trap beat.
    Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Adjective
  • The crash site is about 2 miles east of Montgomery-Gibbs in Kearny Mesa, where the plane was attempting to land in foggy conditions around 3:45 a.m. Thursday after flying cross-country from New Jersey with a stop in Kansas.
    Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 May 2025
  • Lu points his phone at the foggy unplugged aquarium and promises her a fish instead.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 21 May 2025
Adjective
  • Fortunately, telescopic technology has come a long way in the past 95 years, with deep surveys that can capture the passage of a faint object.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 30 May 2025
  • In Court Musk Announces His Exit From Trump Administration—What To Know The faint signal from navigation satellites is easy to jam.
    David Hambling, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
Adjective
  • Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation Rogue Nation set up what these films sorely lacked up until this point: a recurring villain in the shadowy Syndicate that could serve as a viable foil to Ethan Hunt’s IMF, the SPECTRE to his MI6.
    Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 23 May 2025
  • The Netflix series is the latest screen adaptation of Brown’s novels featuring Langdon, a Harvard symbologist frequently drawn into international intrigue and shadowy conspiracies.
    Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2025
Adjective
  • Despite cloudy skies, daytime temperatures will reach into the 90s.
    Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 2 June 2025
  • Of course, that was actually a cloudy front moving in, which made for some San Francisco-like views as fog shrouded the city’s skyline and only the tops of the tallest buildings poked through the clouds.
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 31 May 2025
Adjective
  • The purpose of Memorial Day also has become fuzzier because there are ever fewer veterans to tell the story.
    Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2025
  • Her wish comes true in the form of a gleefully chaotic fuzzy blue creature who is the combination of a rambunctious toddler, puppy and koala, with a toothy grin, deadly claws and an irresistible butt wiggle.
    Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 22 May 2025
Adjective
  • The four-year-old had a dim white streak down his back.
    Louise Erdrich, New Yorker, 25 May 2025
  • By stepping into a curved glass exhibit lit by a dim, red light, zoogoers experienced nocturnal behavior of Madagascar hissing cockroaches and heard their hiss from speakers nearby.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2025
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“Obnubilated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obnubilated. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.

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