| The more ambitious and well favoured tend to become obtrusive, and, eventually, inevitably, an embarrassment to their masters. |
| The courts have been inconsistent, often influenced by how obtrusive the display is and whether a genuine historic context is involved. |
| Though their presence was meant to be protective, it was essentially obtrusive, and in terms of it being necessary at all, tragic. |
| In his case, and perhaps in yours as well, the direction isn't obtrusive in any way. |
| His actions were quickly followed and none of the officers noticed any longer the obtrusive wrongness of his presence. |
| On an aesthetic level, this film is special because it utilises a lot of modern devices successfully without feeling obtrusive or gimmicky. |
