make conspicuous

Example Sentences

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In the 1970s and ’80s, home builders used it extensively in advertisements, perhaps to make conspicuous consumption seem patriotic.

From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2017

As a result, going green has historically only been an option to those who can afford to make conspicuous displays of virtuous consumption—not the 1 percent, perhaps, but certainly the top 25 percent.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2015

And finally, some foreign diplomats try to make conspicuous their little royalties.

From Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 by De Gurowski, Adam G., count

But the caller had pulled from a pocket of his brown tweed coat a newspaper, folded in such a way as to make conspicuous a marked paragraph in the middle column.

From Where the Path Breaks by Créspigny, Charles de

They make conspicuous lines and clumps among shrubs; and this is especially the case with the huge flowers of the double class.

From The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition by Sutton and Sons