showily

Example Sentences

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He was panting again, this time more showily.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2025

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

In this case, Buckley is cold on the lesser of the two watches, and showily unimpressed when Albert drops his price by $500: “Gee, thanks, boy, a whole $500,” he carps.

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2023

On March 13, during the press conference at which he declared the pandemic a national emergency, he showily shook the hands of several CEOS, defying health experts’ guidance to avoid handshakes.

From Slate • Oct. 6, 2020

Then, as the train chugged along, suddenly Jiichan announced showily, “NOW you may each eat a cake! It is time!”

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata