- present participle of obscure.
obscuring
Example Sentences
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Obscuring or dulling the pain of loneliness could squelch the impetus to examine and learn from the feeling.
From The Guardian • Aug. 6, 2020
Obscuring her gender identity made an “incredibly significant” difference in how she was treated, Rubinovitz said.
From The Guardian • Sep. 29, 2016
Obscuring identity often comes down to statistics, and the number of women leading large marketing firms is relatively small.
From Slate • Feb. 3, 2012
Obscuring these prime issues were many other minor ones.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Obscuring Oneself.—We must understand how to obscure ourselves in order to get rid of the gnat-swarms of pestering admirers.
From Human, All-Too-Human, Part II by Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm