

‘He explained that Turner's ‘own special gift was that of expressing mystery and the obscurities rather than the definition of form’.’.‘Amazing what an appearance on the Sunday morning shows does for your popularity - even though Mark would have preferred to see him languishing in obscurity.’.‘Rather than following the standard rules of composition, the figures and objects appear to hang in obscurity, floating across a somber background.’.‘Here I am toiling away in relative obscurity in the land that time forgot, and you're bitching that you haven't got the time to write an article which would be printed in the New York Times?’.‘Grenada's emergence from international obscurity was the culmination of four turbulent years of revolution and social experimentation.’.‘Our family in general isn't very close, so there's nothing I can really do about that, and I'm still waiting for the right lady to pluck me out of my obscurity.’.‘It's the salvation of a band nearly lost to sophomore obscurity a rebirth made possible only through a stunning grasp for the humblest roots of American rock 'n' roll.’.‘The aplomb with which he emerged from that obscurity, manipulating the media with consummate skill, allowed the dissemination of Christ's message to gain a new momentum across the planet.’.‘Anonymity refers to the apparent obscurity of the Net's users.’.

‘There being no second chamber in Holyrood, why not use Westminster as a kind of House of Lords, where former leaders can harmlessly serve out their twilight days in obscurity?’.‘The Office of Strategic Influence went from obscurity to infamy to oblivion during a spin cycle that lasted just seven days in late February.’.‘The album and the artist slid into obscurity, forgotten by all but the few who stumbled across a copy in a dusty cellar.’.‘The city's police began looking for Brown, but when early efforts did not yield success, the case began to slide into obscurity.’.‘I was immortal then, a tiny speck in the grand scheme of things, someone who was to make a mark on the world and seemed to just let that mark slide away into obscurity.’.‘But the film disappeared from sight after that viewing, sliding into complete obscurity and while I never forgot it I also never even learned its name.’.‘Anxiousness sets in as the prospect of a government-funded retirement fades into obscurity and financial planning has suddenly become a reality.’.‘Liverpool need to beat Portsmouth at home on Tuesday to halt the slide towards mid-table obscurity.’.‘Where fighting spirit is required in enormous quantities to avoid the inevitable slide into Nationwide League obscurity.’.‘There is a way out - retirement and self-imposed obscurity.’.‘Talking of slides into obscurity, William reports that the Socialist Workers Party, now admit to having little more than 3,000 members.’.‘Whether or not it would break and send us back into complete obscurity it was unknown at the time - but we knew that this, this night was the beginning of something special.’.
