garishness

Example Sentences

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The derby has a “particularly American show of garishness and swagger,” Ms. Kobielski observes in a brief afterword.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Critics tend to draw a hard line between the early, in-your-face garishness of Cronenberg’s low-budget films and the more polished, less bloody psychological meditations starting with 2005’s “A History of Violence.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2024

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