Obscurity

//əbˈskjʊəɹɪti//

"Obscurity" in a Sentence (13 examples)

He lived and died in obscurity.

He lived in obscurity.

I'm afraid of losing my obscurity. Genuineness only thrives in the dark. Like celery.

Hegel's philosophy is so odd that no one would have expected him to be able to get sane men to accept it, but he did. He set it out with so much obscurity that people thought it must be profound.

Imogen of the Internet is torn between filling out the music sections of all her online profiles and ensuring that none of her friends will have ever heard of her favorite bands in order to protect their precious obscurity.

Obscurity is by no means a proof of deep thought.

As touching the gods, I do not know whether they exist or not, nor how they are featured; for there is much to prevent our knowing: the obscurity of the subject and the brevity of human life.

The heavy and gloomy appearance of the thunder-sky added still farther to the obscurity.

Yanni disappeared into obscurity.

This work received some notice at the time, but soon fell into obscurity.

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The night was considerably clearer than anybody on board her desired when the schooner Ventura headed for the land. It rose in places, black and sharp against the velvety indigo, over her dipping bow, though most of the low littoral was wrapped in obscurity.

I walked in, and Stroeve followed me. The room was in darkness. I could only see that it was an attic, with a sloping roof; and a faint glimmer, no more than a less profound obscurity, came from a skylight.

The departure was not unduly prolonged.[…]Within the door Mrs. Spoker hastily imparted to Mrs. Love a few final sentiments[…]; a deep, guttural instigation to the horse; and the wheels of the waggonette crunched heavily away into obscurity.

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