ostentatiousness
Example Sentences
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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
In its CGI-lacquered ostentatiousness, this felt like a new high water mark for TV, a dragon roar of a challenge to competitors from showrunners David Benioff and DB Weiss: “top that”.
From The Guardian • Apr. 29, 2019
It has been his pride and his palace, a soaring black skyscraper overlooking Manhattan that seemed to match Donald J. Trump’s ambition and ostentatiousness.
From New York Times • Oct. 9, 2016
But the number of the terms we employ, as well as their ostentatiousness, must be considered.
From The Century Vocabulary Builder by Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris)
