Sentence examples for obscure beginning from inspiring English sources

Nadr Qolī Beg had an obscure beginning in the Turkish Afshar tribe, which was loyal to the Ṣafavid shahs of Iran.

That obscure beginning provided a foundation for a coaching career that took him to two N.B.A. teams and three other colleges, all three reaching the Final Four and two winning N.C.A.A. championships.

Now, Abruzzi, Campania, Apulia, Sicily and Sardinia are hot topics, with Calabria, Basilicata and even obscure Molise beginning to be known for their wine and wine potential.

This coincidence underscored the film's topical relevance, which was hardly obscure to begin with.

Mau Mau - the origin of the name is still obscure - began in the early 50s among the Kikuyu of the Kenyan highlands who had been forced off their lands by white, mainly British, settlers.

LANCE LEDBETTER'S interest in obscure music began in the 1990s with a college-radio programme he hosted on Sunday mornings.

In the early 1990s, before the then obscure movement began its conquest of Afghanistan, Omar presided over a mosque in the area.

Da Cortona's fascination with the obscure saint began in 1634, during work on a church he was renovating in Rome, when he stumbled on the relics of Martina and three companion saints.