How to Use the obvious in a Sentence

the obvious

noun
  • The league will still get the obvious stars.
    — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Well, let’s get the obvious out of the way.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 23 June 2026
  • And then, of course, there’s the obvious.
    — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 15 May 2026
  • In this case the obvious choice is also the right one.
    — Amanda Le, InStyle, 25 Feb. 2026
  • So that would kind of be the obvious answer.
    — Ashley Hume , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Come for the obvious hooks, stay for the more subtle quirks.
    — Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026
  • At game’s end, there was no sense avoiding the obvious.
    — Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The answers are more than the obvious ones.
    — Maury Brown, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • And that’s, yeah—the obvious stuff, like playing shows and stuff like that.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Brad Pitt was a good friend of mine and would have been the obvious choice at the time.
    — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Why the brass cannot see the obvious is what has been so damn frustrating.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Sending Sofia to a new school was the obvious choice.
    — Amy Amatangelo, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2026
  • Once word got out about the reports in Ohio, so did the obvious fakes.
    — Andy Rose, CNN Money, 8 May 2026
  • Stating the obvious In the past nine months, those words have rung true.
    — Terry Savage, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
  • But spend a little time with him and the obvious story starts to feel like the wrong one.
    — Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • Even with those issues, Brown is the obvious pick.
    — The Athletic Nba Staff, New York Times, 23 June 2026
  • Most homeowners deal with the obvious ones and move on.
    — Sharon Wu, USA Today, 16 June 2026
  • The riskiest spots in your house aren’t always the obvious ones.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 8 May 2026
  • That much is clear, but even the obvious can get murky amid an 82-game season.
    — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 14 Jan. 2026
  • But not for the obvious reasons.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Championship teams need depth, and that should be the obvious goal.
    — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
  • The cost of tickets is the obvious starting point.
    — Nick Miller, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Or did anything else in there except the obvious.
    — Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 27 May 2026
  • John Harbaugh would be the obvious choice.
    — Miami Herald, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Stories like that are good for the Cubs for the obvious reasons on the field.
    — Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2026
  • The key is maintaining fresh eyes and the courage to think beyond the obvious.
    — Allen Adamson, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Brian turned out to be the obvious culprit.
    — Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026
  • This new product line goes beyond the obvious.
    — Mike Snider, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Ask the direct question, send the clean update, or name the obvious fix at work.
    — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2026
  • So the obvious first question, Nicole, is.
    — Outside Online, 24 Sep. 2025

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