When all the world's adrift in green And dreams sift through the air, unseen, I'm moved by some obscure design And reach out - surely one is mine.    From LearnThat.org.  [Elinor K. Rose]

An obscure turn of phrase.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

An obscure family.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

How obscure is it if a thousand people vote for it?.    From Wordnik.com.  [How obscure is it if a thousand people vote for it?] Reference

Phone posts in obscure file formats that nobody uses!.    From Wordnik.com.  ["Nooo! It's Not True!" - TWO Good Quizzes In The Same Day? Unthinkable!] Reference

Being condescending and obscure is just flat out demented.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » ThinkFast: May 26, 2006] Reference

Or is it only writing if you suffer in obscure poverty for it?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Those shows « Write Anything] Reference

I for one am really interested in obscure sub-species of popular gamefish.    From Wordnik.com.  [Holy Grails] Reference

And sometimes the oneiric, the obscure, is the only way to feel transported.    From Wordnik.com.  [Panel 3: Clarity & Obscurity: The Uses and Misuses : Ange Mlinko : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation] Reference

A person (now 2) in obscure bands that I thought I would never ever hear about again.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: June 2005 Archives] Reference

They had ammunition dumps, just low mounds -- obscure from the air from enemy planes.    From Wordnik.com.  [What Did You Do in the War, Grandma?: URI Scientist Helps the Navy Tame Quonset] Reference

With so many books, on such a range of important topics, why does Salt remain obscure?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Henry Salt on Shelley: Literary Criticism and Ecological Identity] Reference

These harmless Barbarians multiplied in obscure peace and the profession of Christianity.    From Wordnik.com.  [The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire] Reference

Stealing a radiator cap and planting radiating material in a victim: how obscure is that?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Seeing my breath — at least I’m still breathing : Bev Vincent] Reference

The premier vintage true crime bookseller, specializing in obscure titles and vintage magazines.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Clews List of 10 Best True Crime Books of All Time] Reference

In ancient days he had stories published in obscure, short-lived, low-paying and generally unread periodicals.    From Wordnik.com.  [SF Signal Welcomes Jeff Patterson!] Reference

Collecting material about someone obscure is at once more satisfying and more frustrating than someone famous.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-01-01] Reference

And having to deal with those old rifles in obscure .35 calibers and shotguns with fixed chokes - just too much trouble.    From Wordnik.com.  [No, I Don't Hate the Winchester 88] Reference

The origins of Mexico's quinceañera celebrations remain obscure, although the roots may well lie in the era of the Aztecs.    From Wordnik.com.  [La Quinceañera: a celebration of budding womanhood] Reference

A short, baby-faced man, Wu, 42, assumes his cellphone is tapped and prefers meeting strangers in obscure spots outside town.    From Wordnik.com.  [The tale of Tai Lake] Reference

Of all that she had said only the word obscure remained in his mind; and it roused in him an echo of his old, dogmatic pride.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Three Black Pennys A Novel] Reference

That summer, the Ann Arbor Observor came out with a cover issue story about Ph. D's laboring in obscure jobs across the country.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bibliophile essay contest - Entrant #8] Reference

Telemachus plays rep hockey, which means we spend a lot of time hunting down arenas in obscure communities in our area of Ontario.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-02-01] Reference

Yet aside from a couple of small models hidden away in obscure corners, you won't find the current human space flight programs represented.    From Wordnik.com.  [Is Space Exploration Worth Funding? - NASA Watch] Reference

Half those movies I listed I wouldn't call "obscure" - most were played heavily on TV back in late-70s / early-80s.    From Wordnik.com.  [VideoHelp.com Forum] Reference

But when I recalled my obscure parentage, of which.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Monctons: A Novel, Volume I] Reference

He calls obscure fishermen to be the ambassadors of His grace.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year] Reference

And this nebulous sky, almost obscure, which is familiar to the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ramuntcho] Reference

You know, one is practically obscure, which is the courthouse record.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 26, 2005] Reference

I therefore reassert my thesis that labels obscure more than they convey.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why I Don’t Call Myself An Equalist] Reference

I use big words sometimes and what some might call obscure literary references.    From Wordnik.com.  [Peter Sacks: A Thousand Splendid Books] Reference

20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)] Reference

There is no detail too small, no policy too obscure, that isn't vetted through this filter.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan] Reference

Yeremiah Bell laughed when asked two weeks ago about Sparano's ability to recall obscure moments in games.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tsn.ca Top Stories RSS] Reference

Kevin: Your thirst for knowledge of the obscure is a common bond that makes conversation always interesting.    From Wordnik.com.  [TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference

If memory serves, he could recall obscure circulation figures on certain newspapers and magazines from memory.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crowdsourcing] Reference

Safety Yeremiah Bell laughed when asked two weeks ago about Sparano's ability to recall obscure moments in games.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fore, right!] Reference

Brassfield seemed to have been a well-known man; for porters and clerks in New York do not call the obscure countryman by name.    From Wordnik.com.  [Double Trouble Or, Every Hero His Own Villain] Reference

"You tell me I have lain here a week?" he asked finally, recalling obscure memories of faintly-seen faces and voices heard as from afar.    From Wordnik.com.  [Under the Rose] Reference