Examples of opaque in a Sentence

In the opening hour, a group of strangers receive a maddeningly opaque cell-phone summons to join a secret cross-country race with a $32 million prize. The thing is, the summons can also be a threat (one competitor's wife is possibly being held captive), and the consequences of falling behind are murderous. — Tom Gliatto, People, 23 Apr. 2007 The reality facing Rory Stewart was that he was sent into a collapsed rural region in a country of which he knew almost nothing, and in which he had to find his way through a maze of opaque tribal and religious relationships. — Robert Skidelsky, New York Review of Books, 5 Oct. 2006 Arborio rice, the kind that grows in the Po Valley and gave rise to the wonderful dish risotto, has a tiny opaque white pearl on the inside that remains al dente, and starch on the outside that the grains release during cooking, making a creamy sauce. — Corby Kummer, Atlantic, March 1993 the opaque water of the muddy river somehow listeners seem to connect with the songwriter, despite his deeply personal, often opaque lyrics

Recent Examples on the Web Cook, uncovered, for 2 to 4 minutes or until all but a thin rim of egg white around each yolk is opaque. — BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2022 The 78-minute thriller is chilly and often opaque, but Carruth's narrative restraint allows the dread dripping from its philosophical implications to sink in that much deeper. — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 16 May 2022 Cook, stirring, until the shrimp are opaque throughout, 2 to 3 minutes. — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 16 May 2022 One saga from the narrator’s often opaque family history has stuck with her for years. — Peter C. Baker, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2022 Sama declined to comment before seeing the lawsuit but has previously rejected claims that its employees were paid unfairly, that the recruitment process was opaque, or that its mental health benefits were inadequate. — Reuters, CNN, 10 May 2022 Ownership of megayachts is often opaque and involves shell companies. — Erin Prater, Fortune, 8 May 2022 Indeed, far too many schools keep things opaque, and one has actually doubled down on withholding useful information. — Ron Lieber, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2022 Markit was famously founded in a U.K. barn by Lance Uggla, a Canadian who spotted an opportunity to provide pricing for the opaque world of credit default swaps just as trading of the derivatives was taking off in the early 2000s. — Ishika Mookerjee, Fortune, 30 Nov. 2020 See More

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