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Recent Examples of ostentatiously
Tanner plunges into these ostentatiously autobiographical roles, heedlessly, hectically and without a psychiatric net.
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Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026
The elegant houses of Georgetown were ostentatiously weather-beaten.
—Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 11 Jan. 2026
But the sentiment — quelling a craving, fueling a fervor, feeding the psychic hunger of a fanbase famished for reasons to celebrate ostentatiously — is applicable more broadly, too.
—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 4 Dec. 2025
Foster’s creation attracts attention by being ostentatiously conservative.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 12 Nov. 2025
The characters are bright, marionette-like caricatures whom the author constructs and moves ostentatiously in full view of the reader, revealing his artistic devices with a sense of absurd, mischievous humor.
—Nelly Klos
september 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Given that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex ostentatiously dropped nearly all their public commitments when moved to California in 2021, this seems to represent a turnaround.
—Alexander Larman, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
The ingredients of an Erewhon smoothie (4) swirl together without any mixing, colors clashing ostentatiously.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2025
Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026
The elegant houses of Georgetown were ostentatiously weather-beaten.
—Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 11 Jan. 2026
But the sentiment — quelling a craving, fueling a fervor, feeding the psychic hunger of a fanbase famished for reasons to celebrate ostentatiously — is applicable more broadly, too.
—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 4 Dec. 2025
Foster’s creation attracts attention by being ostentatiously conservative.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 12 Nov. 2025
The characters are bright, marionette-like caricatures whom the author constructs and moves ostentatiously in full view of the reader, revealing his artistic devices with a sense of absurd, mischievous humor.
—Nelly Klos
september 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Given that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex ostentatiously dropped nearly all their public commitments when moved to California in 2021, this seems to represent a turnaround.
—Alexander Larman, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
The ingredients of an Erewhon smoothie (4) swirl together without any mixing, colors clashing ostentatiously.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ostentatiously
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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
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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
Adverb
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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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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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In Churchill, the trash sites have all been bear-proofed (enclosed so the animals can’t graze among the garbage), but not so in Arviat, where Inuit enforcers show up in their buggies to honk loudly and chase the bears away from open-air landfills.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
1 Feb. 2026
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Lafayette celebrates every strand of its identity loudly and often.—
Phil Thomas,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Big news for the golf fans who like their birdies loud, their crowds rowdy and their tournaments with a side of pure chaos.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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But [the fans] were singing really loud.—
Jason Lipshutz,
Billboard,
12 Jan. 2026
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With their imposing bulk, elegant curves, colorfully painted sterns, and ornate decorations, the vessels were among the most distinctive and beautiful ships on the seas.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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Brooks speaks colorfully and candidly, starting with his impoverished Brooklyn childhood, raised with three brothers by his mother after his father died of tuberculosis.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Ostentatiously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ostentatiously. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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