Obscurity has 4 syllables and the stress is on the second syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | He lived and died in obscurity. | |
| 2. | He lived in obscurity. | |
| 3. | I'm afraid of losing my obscurity. Genuineness only thrives in the dark. Like celery. | |
| 4. | Hegel's philosophy is so odd that no one would have expected him to be able to get sane men to accept it, but he did. He set it out with so much obscurity that people thought it must be profound. | |
| 5. | Imogen of the Internet is torn between filling out the music sections of all her online profiles and ensuring that none of her friends will have ever heard of her favorite bands in order to protect their precious obscurity. | |
| 6. | Obscurity is by no means a proof of deep thought. | |
| 7. | As touching the gods, I do not know whether they exist or not, nor how they are featured; for there is much to prevent our knowing: the obscurity of the subject and the brevity of human life. | |
| 8. | The heavy and gloomy appearance of the thunder-sky added still farther to the obscurity. | |
| 9. | Yanni disappeared into obscurity. |