How to Use obscurity in a Sentence

obscurity

noun
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  • He has been living in relative obscurity in a small town in the mountains.
  • In recent years, the tradition has emerged from obscurity.
  • After a promising first novel, she faded into obscurity.
  • At the height of their fame, the band split up and fell into obscurity.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Ninety-four percent of the state would have some obscurity of the sun.
    — Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Connell, who died in 2013, is in part to blame for his own obscurity.
    — Max Norman, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2022
  • In the past decade, the grain has started to emerge from obscurity, thanks to our interest in all things gluten-free.
    — Maria Speck, Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2023
  • Cliché and niche obscurity, the Scylla and Charybdis of in-group commentary, lie to either side of the role.
    — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Nearly a hundred years later, the Mirror and the Graphic have been consigned to the depths of obscurity.
    — Time, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Over time, the risk is that Bitcoin would slide toward obscurity.
    — Joel Khalili, WIRED, 2 Feb. 2024
  • My puzzles had less obscurity, but there were more playful and tricky clues.
    — Liz Maynes-Aminzade, The New Yorker, 15 Feb. 2023
  • But as the centuries passed, the cemetery fell into obscurity.
    — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Vladimir Putin was plucked out of obscurity in the waning days of Boris Yeltsin as president to be his successor.
    — CBS News, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Fronted by two charismatic lead singers—Daisy Jones and Billy Dunne—the band had risen from obscurity to fame.
    — Fiona Ward, Glamour, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Fronted by two charismatic lead singers — Daisy Jones and Billy Dunne — the band had risen from obscurity to fame.
    — Kelsey Lentz, Peoplemag, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Thankfully, the pitch is rejected and Danni is sent back to her desk — and obscurity.
    — Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic, 25 July 2022
  • The strip club in North Hollywood was jolted out of obscurity in March of last year when more than a dozen dancers began picketing outside the club.
    — Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2023
  • That relevance can help jump start bills to the top of agendas when, otherwise, they would have been destined for obscurity.
    — Popular Science, 26 Jan. 2024
  • One of our country's finest, yet one who still remains in obscurity, was born on August 20 over a century ago.
    — Richard Hurowitz, Time, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Cécile Chaminade, born in Paris in 1857, wrote hundreds of pieces and enjoyed success for a short time, but died in obscurity.
    — Beth Wood, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2023
  • The mahogany bar at Jim Brady’s, which improbably ended up there in the 1970s, now collects dust in obscurity.
    — Alex Vadukul, New York Times, 25 Sep. 2022
  • It’s not often that a body of photography is hoisted up from obscurity and straight into the canon.
    — Chris Wiley, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2022
  • He was broke, had sold his home on Long Island and was living in presumed obscurity with his family in a Bronx apartment.
    — Hillel Italie, ajc, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Wilson quoted Petrov as saying sometime before his death – in obscurity – at the age of 77.
    — Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2022
  • What is so striking, and so worrying, in his search for his grandfather is the sheer fragility and obscurity of even the official records.
    — Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 20 July 2023
  • But her obscurity has also led to a swelling of interest as the market for female Old Masters is stronger than ever.
    — Malcolm Gay, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Nov. 2022
  • The draw for all parties involved is that its stars are often plucked from relative obscurity.
    — Irina Aleksander, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2024
  • This is why most lawmakers are keenly aware of how the aides who work in obscurity are essential to their success — even if no one else notices.
    — Chad Pergram | Fox News, Fox News, 6 Aug. 2022
  • But since its founding in 1928, the office has existed in unique obscurity — until last month.
    — Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 11 Sep. 2023
  • As in 2015, when North Carolina came out of obscurity during the second half to make a playoff push, the Tar Heels are lurking on the outskirts of the conversation with just one loss.
    — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2022

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