Sentence examples for surprisingly obscure from inspiring English sources

The case, as Kirsch writes, remains surprisingly obscure, given our tendency to celebrate those who resisted the Nazis.

The case, as Kirsch writes, remains surprisingly obscure, given our tendency… The great French courtesan Marie Duplessis was muse to Alexandre Dumas fils and Franz Liszt, and, via Dumas, Verdi's inspiration for "La Traviata".

But despite his enviable track record and a new novel, "Saul and Patsy" (Pantheon) due out Sept. 9, he remains surprisingly obscure, less read and talked about than writers of comparable -- or arguably lesser -- accomplishment.

But while paying tribute to Israeli films during the 50th anniversary of the nation's birth, the series also reflects the limitations of a body of work that is surprisingly obscure, with no director widely known outside Israel's borders (and not too many known within them).

He often managed to teach something, even in casual conversations, and it was likely to be an obscure but surprisingly interesting lesson delivered with wry wit.

Anyone who had last year's Anywhere I Lay My Head, Scarlett Johansson's elegantly sombre and surprisingly engaging album of obscure Tom Waits covers, marked down as a Hollywood dilettante's vanity project, is way off target.

Our competition appears to include the entirety of The Huffington Post and the entirety of The Atlantic's politics channel, among others, so I would like our chances better if there were a subcategory, "Obscure but Surprisingly Compelling Research Papers About Afghanistan".

I'm having the urge I sometimes get when I finish something obscure and surprisingly wonderful, the urge to tell all my friends about it and try to persuade them to go out and find it and read it as soon as they can.

Foreign journalists have benefited from surprisingly frank reports on obscure local government websites learning, for example, about preparations made by police for potential unrest on sensitive anniversary dates.The review and clean-up effort, if successful, will bring welcome relief to millions of frustrated users in search of current information.

Some 16 of them, it turns out, are the offspring of a single, highly prolific pair of parents: Pinot, the epitome of a fine Burgundy, and, surprisingly, Gouais blanc, an obscure white variety that was banned throughout France in the 1950s due to the poor quality of its wine.

The reason is obscure, and surprisingly these 2 patients had a poor clinical result.