obscure
adjective
(of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain.
had obscured
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past perfectof obscure.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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In Vermont’s capital, brown water from the Winooski had obscured vehicles and all but the tops of parking meters along picturesque streets lined with brick storefronts whose basements and lower floors were flooded.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 11, 2023
Her cinematic writing style had obscured that she was telling a largely single-source story, and it would later be revealed her source had fabricated virtually the entire thing.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 29, 2019
As early as the mid-eighteenth century, many intellectuals had begun to worry that the Enlightenment’s cool rationalism had obscured spiritual and emotional truths.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
Overpainting of the background and other areas by a later artist, along with hundreds of years of dust and dirt, had obscured Rubens' work.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2017
In daylight, it was simple to find the place, but nightfall had obscured the hills.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
