garishness

Example Sentences

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But it’s tricky to maintain a balance between eliciting sympathy for the central duo and making sport of them, in all their preening garishness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 10, 2025

This peacock stands out even in Macau, a city that embraces garishness almost as much as it does light pollution.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2025

Director of photography Alexander Dynan uses a lighting scheme that can best be described as subtly oppressive, almost shroudlike, pressing down on the casino scenes, muting their garishness.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 9, 2021

The idea is that death can fool you if you don’t know what you’re looking at, and despite the garishness of the stiff-limbed dummies, the improbable redness of their blood, the point is made.

From New York Times • Feb. 25, 2020

Across his brow a constellation of acne had a new-minted look, its garishness softened by the sepia light.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan