Example Sentences

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It’s opaquely menacing, but slippery — are there militaristic undertones? veiled appeals to whiteness? echoes of Stalingrad or raves in Eastern Bloc bunkers?

From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2023

Joy is an opaquely written character, a housewife who is never able to fully express her own wants, needs and desires.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2022

Some social media users voiced criticism in opaquely written posts.

From Reuters • Oct. 24, 2022

Caddle’s plea agreement referred briefly and opaquely to him providing investigators with information, but didn’t say what.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 23, 2022

Water around the raft, until a moment before opaquely black, showed itself to be crowded with fish.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel