Sentence examples for using an obscure reference from inspiring English sources

When the Northern and Southern Baptists split in 1845 over the issue of slavery, Southern Baptists were using an obscure reference in Genesis to justify owning slaves -- the so-called "Mark of Cain".

Sykes also nails fashion-speak, a way of describing a look or mood by using an obscure film or style reference, usually preceded by "very": "very Ali MacGraw in Colorado"; "It's all very 'Lost in Translation' "; "Lee Radziwill on holiday in Capri in the 60's".

The Liberals are using an obscure parliamentary procedure to delay a confidence vote.

Using an obscure word incorrectly can be deleterious to your illusion of perspicacity.

Several theories have circulated and a few of these Adams selected for deflation; the idea that he had been paying tribute to Lewis Carroll, who also used the number; that he had been joking in a base 13 number system; or that it was an obscure reference to the traditional number of rulers of Tibet.

If he does, it will not be an obscure reference.

When choosing a hint, make it an obscure reference that only you will connect with the actual password.

It can't be said that a clue is unsuccessful if it contains 20 words, or an obscure reference to a Dickens character, or golf.

Texts make an obscure reference to his father but his mother was a noblewoman from distant Palenque in Mexico.

The term "bear" began as an obscure reference to men who felt like outliers in the gay community.

Kaneria, or some subredditor, thinks this is an obscure reference to Rachel because of an "uncanny resemblance" in names.