gaudy
Example Sentences
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During boom times, on the other hand, investors tend to overpay for volatile stocks by assuming continued gaudy returns.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
Between Raton, N.M., and Trinidad, Colo., amid a gaudy sunset, we crept past a herd of elk, then plunged into a tunnel.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025
Baken and Baitz’s previous effort coagulated into some sorta cultural critique about the nation going to Hell, while “All’s Fair” celebrates some of the people sending us there in a shameless parade of gaudy excess.
From Salon • Nov. 6, 2025
New casinos sprang up, alongside gaudy, luxury hotels and apartment blocks.
From BBC • Oct. 23, 2025
My father loaned me one of his three moth-eaten, gaudy ties, with a tongue so wide it spanned the width of my waist.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
Vocabulary lists containing gaudy
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