Sentence examples for a rather arcane from inspiring English sources

"Looking on I thought: 'Why take all this incoming [fire] in defence of what is a rather arcane principle?'" he said.

Until comparatively recently, Formula One was a rather arcane circus of enthusiasts, aristocrats and assorted beautiful people that wandered across five continents from one isolated, out-of-town race track to another.

But, online encoding standards being a rather arcane affair, and emoji being all but unknown outside their home country at the time, the momentous occasion passed largely unremarked upon by the U.S. press.

Pennsylvania Republicans have a rather arcane process for delegate selection and their unpledged delegates outnumber the pledged delegates to be awarded tomorrow night.

Her fate will hinge on a series of rather arcane legal principles, but that is not what will sell newspapers and drive ratings.

It's a bit confusing and rather arcane at the moment, but more should become clear on playing.

We could not identify any RCT that used pharmaceutical doses of vitamin D in inflammation although one study used 800 IU/day of calcidol, the equivalent of up to 8,000 IU/day, and showed a treatment effect in rather arcane markers of inflammation in normal subjects.

But, instead of making this her main question, she began by making a rather more arcane point about the coalition's pension guarantee, which does not cost the Treasury any extra money this year or next year, although it will cost the Treasury £450m a year by 2014-15.

That's because, when it comes to building a compelling narrative about a complex factual subject that most ordinary readers would find rather arcane, Lewis is quite simply the best in the business.

Driven by the Scottish referendum and its continuing aftershocks, there is suddenly a huge amount of energy pervading what would once have been dismissed as rather arcane constitutional questions - and the electoral, not to mention constitutional, consequences of striking the wrong note could be huge.

If you think that all sounds rather arcane, you'd be right.