Sentence examples for arcane point from inspiring English sources

This seemingly arcane point is of great importance to the anti-abortion wing of the party.

Can you imagine those professionals having their every move monitored by video cameras and evaluated by strangers using some arcane point system?

Several people familiar with the prosecutors' investigation now say the probe appears to hinge on a relatively arcane point of accounting — whether retirement payments were properly booked.

This is not a case that the court agreed to consider because it wanted to refine some arcane point of federal-state relations.

THE wispy young woman paces at the back of the crowd, nodding incessantly as Al Gore makes another arcane point about the intricacies of Medicare.

Mosley, who is 71, speaks slowly and calmly, and might easily be discussing some arcane point of law in a case of commercial confidentiality.

Rattling off arcane points, Gow caught himself.

Scalia and Garner have a talent for making complicated and sometimes arcane points of doctrine seem accessible and even plain.

I still relish a strong stout, and I can hold forth on the arcane points of the safety blitz.

Kerr had to crouch down under the table and whisper advice to Major as the last arcane points were agreed.

Nascar has abandoned the arcane points system used since 1975; drivers will now receive 43 points for first place, 42 for second and so on.