ostentatiousness
Example Sentences
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Chamberlain may have been more flamboyant, but Walton, in “Luckiest Guy,” is just as conscious of his affect — there’s an ostentatiousness, and no small amount of ego, in the way he performs modesty.
From New York Times ● Jul. 14, 2023
Tutu had insisted there should be "no ostentatiousness or lavish spending" on the ceremony and that he be given "the cheapest available coffin".
From BBC ● Jan. 1, 2022
“The archbishop was very clear on his wishes for his funeral. He wanted no ostentatiousness or lavish spending,” the Tutu trust said in a statement.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 28, 2021
There is also an element of pragmatism in our shunning of martial ostentatiousness.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 7, 2018
In no country have fashion and ostentatiousness taken such strong possession of the masses, and the willingness to be satisfied with a moderate income is therefore nowhere so little at home.
From Psychology and Social Sanity by Hugo Münsterberg
