flamboyant
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After Tim Curry finished playing the flamboyant Dr. Frank-N-Furter — first onstage, then in the 1975 film “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” — the actor never returned to the role that made him famous.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Godin's target of choice over the years was the flamboyant French philosopher Bernard Henri-Levy, hit no fewer than eight times between 1985 and 2015, not counting copycat attacks by others around the world.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
At his best, Kyrgios is a flamboyant and athletic shot-maker with flair, touch and an explosive game.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
There was Molly Hollis, a middle-aged, Midwestern former schoolteacher whose creation required body padding and a wig; a flamboyant redhead; a nearly invisible elderly woman; and, most uncannily, Reichl’s own mother.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
The false black mustache was a flamboyant organ grinder’s, and he wore them both to the basketball game one day when he felt he could endure his loneliness no longer.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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