Sentence examples for hitherto obscure from inspiring English sources

Instead of A-listers the films feature hitherto obscure child actors and British theatrical talent.

Mr Sandstrom, hitherto obscure, instantly became a darling of right-wing groups, including Utah's Minutemen.

But if the aim was to boost the profile of the hitherto obscure Banks, it's worked.

In his absence Yemen's hitherto obscure vice president, Abedrabo Mansur Hadi, has been named as head of state.

By coincidence, both make use of a hitherto obscure anecdote published in the New York World in 1908.

The hitherto obscure town of Ghazna became a splendid city, as did the second capital at Bust (Lashkar Gāh).

Earlier this month, in what appeared to be the biggest technology deal yet, JDS Uniphase agreed to spend $41 billion to acquire the hitherto-obscure SDL Inc., which makes lasers and other components for optical systems.

That is why Europe is now so keen on the G20, a hitherto rather obscure group of developed and emerging countries.This has become the new darling of officials in London, Paris and other EU capitals.

Henry Fitzherbert's unedifying history is confirmed in research carried out by the Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slave-ownership, which has identified some 20,000 slave-owners whose role in the notorious trade has hitherto remained obscure.

The sight of a Palestinian mob on October 7th hacking with hammers and crowbars at the roof of Joseph's Tomb, a hitherto fairly obscure Jewish holy site in Nablus, has seared itself into the Israeli consciousness with an intensity and pervasiveness that are still difficult to assess.

Hitherto an obscure figure, John became the figurehead of the uprising because of his imperial blood, as he was descended from the illustrious Komnenian dynasty (1081 1185), but the real driving force behind his coup was probably the ambitious Alexios Doukas Mourtzouphlos.