Example sentences for: obscurity

How can you use “obscurity” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • He died of a heroin overdose in relative obscurity.

  • AOL would never have existed if it had been founded here, I am sure, since its employees would have been mocked into obscurity by the digerati.

  • And what amazed me is that here was this ordinary American man, who had been suddenly plucked from obscurity by the hand of fate, and he knew exactly what to do on television!

  • The second selection's obscurity didn't cheer him up: "Ugh, can't do you the Washburn book."

  • A suggested solution to the semantic confusion would be to sharpen the distinction between paddleball and racquetball . These games could be defined simply as ` handball played with a paddle,' the only difference being that paddleball employs a perforated wooden racquet and a large spongy ball, while racquetball , which is rapidly pushing both handball and paddleball into obscurity, employs a small strung racquet and a lively rubber ball.


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