Obscured

Examples

• The vault above became obscured, lightning flashed from the heavy masses, followed instantaneously by crashing thunder; then the big rain fell. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• It was as the day went on that the clouds gathered, and the brightness of the morning became obscured. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The atmosphere was much denser then, usually great cloud masses obscured the sun, frequent storms darkened the heavens. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Such parts, whether more or less modified, unless their common origin became wholly obscured, would be serially homologous. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• If he were groping in the dark, he could not do better than do his utmost to clear away those clouds in which so much was confused and obscured. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I had been calm during the day; but so soon as night obscured the shapes of objects, a thousand fears arose in my mind. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• A heavy mist obscured him from the view of the troops on the top of the mountain. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• She glided into a recess somewhat obscured, and leaning against an ornamental column there placed, tried to recover herself. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Perhaps uncriticised assumptions have obscured the real uses of politics. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• The light in the passage was obscured for a moment, and my aunt came out. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Embryology will often reveal to us the structure, in some degree obscured, of the prototypes of each great class. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• The other woman came hurriedly in as she spoke, and the boy got up with a half-obscured sense that he was expected to be going. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.

Edited by Johanna