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Recent Examples of flamboyantly
And Cayden Alley is endearing and playful as Damian, the school’s most flamboyantly gay student.
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2026
Egerton, by contrast, gets to grandstand a bit more flamboyantly.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026
Across medieval Europe, aristocrats repeatedly set off fashion fads and scandals by wearing poulaines, shoes whose flamboyantly elongated pointed toes could stretch far beyond the natural length of their feet.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 13 Mar. 2026
In his social orbit are a flamboyantly gay colleague played by Mason Gooding and a roommate questioning her own sexuality, played by Chase Sui Wonders.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2026
The novel keeps the illusion running with great skill, but it’s also flamboyantly patterned, in ways both large and small.
—Christopher Tayler, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
With the air choked by chemicals and ash, the sunsets were flamboyantly intense.
—Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
The flamboyantly lascivious Frank-N-Furter is about to unveil his new Creature, the titular Rocky Horror (Peter Hinwood).
—ArsTechnica, 16 Aug. 2025
Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2026
Egerton, by contrast, gets to grandstand a bit more flamboyantly.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026
Across medieval Europe, aristocrats repeatedly set off fashion fads and scandals by wearing poulaines, shoes whose flamboyantly elongated pointed toes could stretch far beyond the natural length of their feet.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 13 Mar. 2026
In his social orbit are a flamboyantly gay colleague played by Mason Gooding and a roommate questioning her own sexuality, played by Chase Sui Wonders.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2026
The novel keeps the illusion running with great skill, but it’s also flamboyantly patterned, in ways both large and small.
—Christopher Tayler, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
With the air choked by chemicals and ash, the sunsets were flamboyantly intense.
—Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
The flamboyantly lascivious Frank-N-Furter is about to unveil his new Creature, the titular Rocky Horror (Peter Hinwood).
—ArsTechnica, 16 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flamboyantly
Adverb
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Bryan Fuller’s expressionistic procedural is ostentatiously gruesome, yes, but the increasingly disturbing interplay between Will and Hannibal — cat and mouse, will-they/won’t they — is a full course meal on its own.—
Matt Cabral,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Apr. 2026
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In her closet were seven Ungaros, three Rykiels, a Kamali bathing suit and a Kamali sleeping-bag coat, five Kenzo dresses, two pieces from the Ballets Russes collection of Saint Laurent—all of which were trades or payments in kind, none of them mothballed, but instead worn ostentatiously and often.—
Han Ong,
New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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On our first morning, Sara and I woke to one of the roughly 300 days of sun that Taos receives each year—gaudily beautiful weather for the end of February.—
Michael Paterniti,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Nov. 2025
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But where the exhibitions on Cribs were charmingly, sometimes garishly, idiosyncratic, today’s represent a subtler and often more generic version of taste.—
Kim Hew-Low,
The Atlantic,
10 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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And one of the best ways to show your support for your favorite team is by rocking a piece of merchandise to wear loud and proud.—
Irene Kim,
Vogue,
8 June 2026
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Especially the bench being that loud, hyping every guy up at the plate.—
Tom Mulherin,
Boston Herald,
4 June 2026
Adverb
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Mabe Fratti and Bill Orcutt’s collaboration didn’t begin colorfully or dramatically; Fratti just liked Orcutt and said so publicly, prompting Orcutt to reach out, which resulted in their working—remotely, mostly—on a series of pieces.—
Jayson Greene,
Pitchfork,
2 June 2026
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Lifetime Achievement Award-winner Poltz was colorfully introduced by his longtime musician friend, former San Diego Padres second baseman and third base coach Tim Flannery.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 May 2026
Adverb
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Swift blew him a kiss and loudly applauded his performances.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
12 June 2026
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Yet, at a moment when political, economic, technological, and cultural forces are aligned against young readers and libraries, the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature is loudly rejecting a high percentage of books that readers might be drawn to on a library’s shelves.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
12 June 2026
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The Obama Presidential Center, which opens to the public on Friday, on Juneteenth, hugs the north end of Jackson Park, runs alongside a lagoon, rises 225 feet at its highest, and rolls backward down Stony Island Avenue, settling into 58,000 square feet of brilliantly green sloping lawn.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
15 June 2026
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These two characters are so brilliantly written.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
13 June 2026
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