abstruse

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Mr. Barnes has long brought something exotic to English literature, but never anything so abstruse as to become alienating.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

That might sound like an abstruse philosophical argument, but he says it's a hot debate within the scientific community.

From Salon • Jun. 15, 2025

The members kept peppering Daszak with questions about abstruse matters of science and the grant-making process, only to rudely cut him off when he tried to respond.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2024

The decades-old concept could explain many things, such as where WIMPs come from, but its main job is to solve a more abstruse problem.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 27, 2024

Blacks and whites alike scratched their heads at Grabarek’s abstruse testimony, but it was clear the mayor was no friend of Fuller.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson