Examples of flamboyance in a Sentence
the campy flamboyance of her costume almost guaranteed she'd win the masquerade pageant
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His flamboyance never tips into caricature, and along with wit and warmth there is real pain.
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The Week Uk, TheWeek, 16 Apr. 2026
For attorneys in an overcrowded marketplace, in a city with casual ethics and a weakness for flamboyance, an outlandish sales pitch can be the best way to break through.
—Patrick Radden Keefe, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
Not so much for your music as your…not flamboyance, but exuberance, maybe, or whimsy—qualities in vanishingly short supply with our current crop of male pop stars who don’t make backflips a fixture of their live performances.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 6 Mar. 2026
Thousands of artists, collectors, curators and gallerists descend on the city, swelling an already vibrant local scene with a global reach into a week of discovery, creative adventure and fashion flamboyance.
—Arts Editor, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
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The Week Uk, TheWeek, 16 Apr. 2026
For attorneys in an overcrowded marketplace, in a city with casual ethics and a weakness for flamboyance, an outlandish sales pitch can be the best way to break through.
—Patrick Radden Keefe, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
Not so much for your music as your…not flamboyance, but exuberance, maybe, or whimsy—qualities in vanishingly short supply with our current crop of male pop stars who don’t make backflips a fixture of their live performances.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 6 Mar. 2026
Thousands of artists, collectors, curators and gallerists descend on the city, swelling an already vibrant local scene with a global reach into a week of discovery, creative adventure and fashion flamboyance.
—Arts Editor, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
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“Flamboyance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flamboyance. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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flamboyance
noun
flam·boy·ance
flam-ˈbȯi-ən(t)s 
: the quality or state of being flamboyant
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