clair-obscure

Definitions

Examples

• And too much of a focus on numbers can obscure strategic truths.

• But the authority of his name far exceeds that of our own, famous or obscure though we be.

• Astrology and black magic are forbidden in Islam; not an obscure point and one that Monis likely knew.

• Whether it was actual ignorance, senility, or some obscure test, it's hard to know.

• He can barely speak the titles, but manages to let Viridiana and That Obscure Object of Desire pass from his lips.

• When we got to the house we entered an obscure corridor and began to find our way up a dark and narrow staircase.

• Disillusionment cut him to the quick, but had no power to obscure his rosy views of human nature.

• He was recalled, and again moved, in calm triumph, from his obscure chambers to the regal palace of the minister.

• It was an hour later that Black Hood came to an obscure little jewelry shop known simply as "Tauber's."

• Like a clarion call the note rings in my ears, amidst the din of contending views and obscure phraseology.