Sentence examples for they were conspicuous from inspiring English sources

They knew they were conspicuous by their absence.

They were conspicuous during Tibet's confrontation with the Chinese communists from 1959 to 1965.

They haven't seen.500 since their fourth game, and they were conspicuous by their absence from the June run that two other National League East teams, the Braves and the Marlins, made at the front-running Phillies.

Lesions were first identified by visual inspection while isolating mammary glands, and they were conspicuous in carmine alum-stained whole mounts.

They are conspicuous by their absence.

These are the echinochromes and spinochromes, so named because they are conspicuous in tissues and in the calcareous tests (shells) of echinoids, or sea urchins.

There the plateau edges are especially marked, because the rock formations are hard and horizontal, whereas in Ethiopia they are conspicuous because of faulting.

Some favour exposed perches on which they are conspicuous, others seek the protection of foliage or the shade of the forest.

(I won't give away the Biblical ones, but they're conspicuous, including an Abrahamic one, a New Testament one, and some skillfully placed crosses).

Do they startle potential attackers simply because they're conspicuous, or do they mimic the eyes of a creature the songbirds truly fear?

Brisson speculates that mice have received a lot of attention in part because they're conspicuous, easy to catch, and ideal lab subjects.