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.
• Thanks to the striped print, the shirring isn’t as obvious.
  — Jessica Booth, Parents, 2 June 2024
• A lot of the time the path to doing the right thing isn’t obvious.
  — Gregory Barber, WIRED, 15 Feb. 2023
• The biggest and most obvious change from E30 to E36 is the car’s size.
  — Kyle Hyatt, Robb Report, 24 June 2024
• And now the whole ton can see what's been obvious for so long.
  — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 26 Mar. 2022
• The magnitude of the problem is not obvious to much of the city.
  — Richard Schiffman Erin Schaff, New York Times, 8 June 2023
• The last is obvious: the opponent can’t try to evade the slap.
  — Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2023
• The most obvious is the sheer delight the series takes in food.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 July 2024
• Still, the red flags should have been obvious, Mr. Munger said.
  — Akane Otani, WSJ, 15 Nov. 2022
• The smokey smell was obvious and its flavor was more present in the meat versus the sauce.
  — Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 July 2023
• The chilly Baltic Sea may not seem like the most obvious place to skinny dip.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 29 May 2024
• What is less obvious is how Biden should get out of it.
  — Ross Douthat, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2024
• My mother loves my ex and hates my wife, and this was obvious on the call.
  — Jann Blackstone, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
• Too much of its blood and fire is the work of computers, and for the first time, that work is obvious.
  — Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2024
• In Love and Thunder, the Avengers plot hole couldn’t be more obvious.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 12 July 2022
• In a few cases, the reasons for the snubs seem obvious.
  — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2025
• The appeal of longevity is obvious: the longer these women are on the show, the more they get paid.
  — Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 30 Mar. 2023
• The answer is obvious, but there are three more episodes to go.
  — Helena Andrews-Dyer, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2022
• Ruben clearly felt very vulnerable as a child for obvious reasons.
  — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 29 May 2026
• Something was not right with the team make-up, and the most obvious problem appeared to be a lack of high-speed foiling experience.
  — Andrew Rice, New York Times, 29 May 2026
• However, the small differences in the moon’s brightness and size won’t be obvious to the naked eye.
  — Connor Greene, Time, 29 May 2026
• Flip-flops are an obvious summer staple, but Hadid’s black leather pair is such a versatile pick.
  — Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 29 May 2026
• The best loyalty programs make the next right behavior feel obvious.
  — Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026