obscureness

Example Sentences

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And while his aesthetic seems like ingratiating wholesome Americana, there’s an avant-garde obscureness underneath it.

From New York Times • Nov. 8, 2021

But, secondly, this distinction of focus and margin cannot be drawn on the basis of the experienced contrast between clearness and obscureness.

From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Bode, Boyd H.

The place so offensive for its cloudiness, is,   —The obscureness of her birth   Cannot eclipse the lustre of her eyes,   Which make her all one light.

From The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume V. by Cibber, Theophilus

Subdued splits and splutters whispered from out the obscureness, and a gentle grinding could be heard.

From A Daughter of the Snows by London, Jack

"The obscureness of her birth Cannot eclipse the lustre of her eyes Which make her all one light."

From History of English Humour, Vol. 2 by L'Estrange, Alfred Guy Kingan