ostentatiousness

Example Sentences

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Despite her privileged background, "there is no ostentatiousness," said Mr Walker, who last saw Ms Murty joining in with a Christmas carol service.

From BBC • Oct. 29, 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

There is also an element of pragmatism in our shunning of martial ostentatiousness.

From Washington Post • Feb. 7, 2018

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)