showily

Example Sentences

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Attorney General Pam Bondi showily gave them binders of "Epstein files," which proved to be just the already public information, because there isn't any more.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2025

He was replaced by Mike Pompeo, whom Trump showily turned down for a job in the coming administration.

From Slate • Jan. 20, 2025

It also allows Miller to give the kind of showily effective double-trouble performance that, whatever you think of it, resists the generally flattening, blandifying effects of the superhero template.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2023

Others, less showily, wore buttons proclaiming John Glenn “the New Frontier man of the year,” a nod to John F. Kennedy’s famous phrase.

From New York Times • Feb. 18, 2022

Ralph even mimicked Boyboy, Pete’s mutt — strutting around, barking showily, calling himself “Ralph-Ralph.”

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen