ostentatiously
Example Sentences
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From a largely Protestant city, it became an ostentatiously Catholic one.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
They all ostentatiously embraced him and each other in a show of total unity.
From Salon • Mar. 3, 2025
Even if they could ostentatiously display their wealth, Mr Wegmüller believes "our guests won't want to show off what they have".
From BBC • Mar. 2, 2025
Dracula’s lair is ostentatiously goth and gruesome, decked out with spent blood bags, dripping candles and eerie green lighting, his visage oozing through various stages of transformation as he regains his strength.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2023
He ostentatiously counted my eight cents change and held it out so that I was forced to hold up my hand to receive it.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
Vocabulary lists containing ostentatiously
The Glass Castle
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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