Sentence examples of "obscure" in English

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The meaning of this sentence is obscure. Le sens de cette phrase est obscur.
His explanation is too obscure to understand. Son explication est trop vague pour comprendre.
For all his genius he is as obscure as ever. Malgré tout son génie, il demeure aussi inconnu que jamais.
The cause of the accident is still obscure. La cause de l'accident est encore obscure.
The two scholars wrangled over the meaning of an obscure Tibetan phrase. Les deux érudits bataillaient au sujet de la signification d'une obscure expression tibétaine.
Please ensure the genitals are obscured by a mosaic effect. Assurez-vous que les organes sexuels soient obscurcis par un effet mosaïque.
The French language, by the way, is a clear stream that affected writers have never been, and will never be able to ripple. Each century has thrown in this limpid current its fashions, its pretentious archaisms and its preciousness, without anything surfacing from those useless attempts, those powerless efforts. The nature of this language is to be clear, logical and nervous. It won't let itself be weakened, obscured or corrupted. La langue française, d’ailleurs, est une eau pure que les écrivains maniérés n’ont jamais pu et ne pourront jamais troubler. Chaque siècle a jeté dans ce courant limpide ses modes, ses archaïsmes prétentieux et ses préciosités, sans que rien surnage de ces tentatives inutiles, de ces efforts impuissants. La nature de cette langue est d’être claire, logique et nerveuse. Elle ne se laisse pas affaiblir, obscurcir ou corrompre.
Much legal language is obscure to a layman. La terminologie juridique n’est pas compréhensible par la majorité des non-spécialistes.
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