obscures
- present tense form of obscure (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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These four short words his epitaph, Sublimely simple, nobly plain; Who adds to them but addeth chaff, Obscures with husks the golden grain.
From New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 April-September, 1915 by Various
The dust which countless hoofs excite Obscures the sky and veils the light; But see, swift winds those clouds dispel As if they strove to please me well.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)
I know what vague cloud Obscures my sight and weighs upon my brain.
From The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 1 by Lazarus, Emma
I do not think the pious Calchas heard Distinctly what the goddess spake; old age Obscures the senses.
From Practical English Composition: Book II. For the Second Year of the High School by Miller, Edwin L.
In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, But, being seasoned with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil?
From Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations by Various
