How to Use obscurity in a Sentence

obscurity

noun
  • 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
  • Once they had been shelved in the obscurity of a lawyer’s office.
    — Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com, 4 Sep. 2020
  • Goaltenders can toil in obscurity for a long time in the AHL.
    — Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
  • Ninety-four percent of the state would have some obscurity of the sun.
    — Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Over eight long years on the path back from hoops obscurity to the Sweet 16, Andy Enfield made sure to make note of the mile markers.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2021
  • The searchlight is so bright that there is no such thing, any more, as obscurity.
    — New York Times, 21 Jan. 2021
  • The tool can bring a face out of obscurity in cases where there's a bright background.
    — PCMAG, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Connell, who died in 2013, is in part to blame for his own obscurity.
    — Max Norman, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Nwogu’s journey from obscurity to prominence traced the same path as the team's.
    — Rainer Sabin, Detroit Free Press, 13 June 2020
  • 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
  • Williams has just been kicked out of boy band Take That and finds himself on the precipice of stardom or obscurity.
    — Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 7 Feb. 2025
  • By the time Childress died in 1994, the play had slipped into obscurity.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Yet her work fell into obscurity after her death at the age of eighty-one in 1950.
    — Sarah Blackwood, The New Yorker, 11 May 2020
  • In fact, 40 hours of video footage sat in a basement for decades until our guest helped lift it from obscurity.
    — Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2022
  • 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
  • This one dates back to Swift’s high-school days and was destined for obscurity until fans fell in love with the live version.
    — Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 May 2024
  • This one dates back to Swift’s high-school days, and was destined for obscurity until fans fell in love with the live version.
    — Nate Jones, Vulture, 11 Jan. 2021
  • The agency’s assessments also tend to be brief to the point of obscurity.
    — David Grimm, Science | AAAS, 2 Dec. 2020
  • Nearly a hundred years later, the Mirror and the Graphic have been consigned to the depths of obscurity.
    — Time, 16 Sep. 2022
  • That Zegler was plucked from obscurity (well, New Jersey) for the lead this time around only adds to the magic.
    — Hunter Harris, Town & Country, 25 Aug. 2021
  • What separates the campaigns that make the best-of lists from those that fade into obscurity?
    — Gary Drenik, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
  • The victory kick-started a 10-day stretch of golf that shined a light on the fine line between obscurity and stardom in the women’s game.
    — Beth Ann Nichols, The Arizona Republic, 18 Mar. 2021
  • Over time, the risk is that Bitcoin would slide toward obscurity.
    — Joel Khalili, WIRED, 2 Feb. 2024
  • While some A4s would go on to languish in obscurity, this would not be the fate of the magnificent Mallard.
    — Tom Bentley, Popular Mechanics, 20 Sep. 2020
  • With the wrong move, the Blazers could slide further into obscurity in a struggling league.
    — Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 19 Mar. 2020
  • My puzzles had less obscurity, but there were more playful and tricky clues.
    — Liz Maynes-Aminzade, The New Yorker, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Many films have languished in undue obscurity because of obtuse reviews when they were first screened.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2025

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