How to Use obvious in a Sentence

obvious

adjective
  • The answer seems obvious enough to me.
  • It was obvious that things weren't working out.
  • The obvious question is: how did he become so successful?
  • She saw only the most obvious differences.
  • For obvious reasons, I would not like to reveal my name.
  • The problem was immediately obvious to everyone in the room.
  • He was the obvious candidate for president.
  • Her doctor immediately noticed the obvious signs of the disease.
  • The pair to face the new ball is less obvious.
    — Sam Dalling, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • What’s not obvious is what to do about it.
    — Alicia Glen, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • There is no obvious right or wrong choice to be made here.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2025
  • The most obvious place is the dog’s bag foot.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The late host wasn’t an obvious fit for the short wave.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
  • The tie here is all too obvious.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 27 Feb. 2026
  • And now the whole ton can see what's been obvious for so long.
    — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 26 Mar. 2022
  • There was no obvious path back home.
    — Michael Cox, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Well, there’s a set of themes that are obvious in the show.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Dolls were an obvious place to start.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
  • This doesn’t seem like an obvious thing to think about.
    — Quanta Magazine, 25 June 2026
  • These schemes rarely look like obvious scams.
    — Fennemore, Oc Register, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Dach was the next obvious choice.
    — Scott Powers, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
  • To her, the choice was obvious.
    — Haley Bemiller, Cincinnati Enquirer, 19 Oct. 2025
  • And there’s no obvious way out.
    — Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The bad news, though, is obvious.
    — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 28 May 2026
  • This novella was not an obvious choice to put on the screen.
    — Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2026
  • A lot of the time the path to doing the right thing isn’t obvious.
    — Gregory Barber, WIRED, 15 Feb. 2023
  • There are obvious caveats here.
    — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 7 May 2026
  • And those sound like obvious things that a leader should do.
    — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The most obvious trap a duo can fall into?
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Seal obvious cracks and crevices.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 29 Oct. 2025

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