Example Sentences

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Fresh searches took place in 2014 but it seemed that time had obscured any evidence that might lead to the person responsible for her abduction.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2025

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

As Ms. Tursi unspooled her story, I learned the following: Ms. Consolo had obscured the identities of both of her parents.

From New York Times • Jan. 10, 2020

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

The general rise in affluence had obscured the traditional class markers and distorted the old class-based political alignments.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times