showily

Example Sentences

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He was panting again, this time more showily.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2025

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

From Slate • Jan. 20, 2025

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

But I'm not so sure that the main avenue that the protest has taken — people showily unsubscribing from Spotify — is really about that, especially since this boycott is unlikely to work.

From Salon • Feb. 4, 2022

As Cicero explains showily, he himself hesitates to directly order the banishment—because then, he says, not only would he appear cruel and tyrannical but Catiline’s coconspirators would still fester in the heart of the city.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith