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Recent Examples of ostentatiously
Spielberg worked within the system, Coppola spent lavishly and even ostentatiously to build his own studio and Lucas found his independence through a quieter, more conservative and technology-driven route.
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Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
And Bina Daigeler’s costumes are a hoot, ostentatiously fashionable and expensive and sexy.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 14 Feb. 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
Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
And Bina Daigeler’s costumes are a hoot, ostentatiously fashionable and expensive and sexy.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 14 Feb. 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
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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
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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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There, the former Dodgers star again grunted (and cursed) loudly a few times while impressing onlookers with his command and movement.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Feb. 2026
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Your corrupt presidency of graft, vengeance and ceaseless vacillation between loudly complaining and loudly boasting has become like a jackhammer outside our collective window every day since your inauguration.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
21 Feb. 2026
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Fittingly, the song’s thumping beat is heard twice, real loud, in Rosebush Pruning, Karim Aїnouz’s high-gloss, pitch-dark satire about an American family described by one of its scions as mediocre, vapid egotists, who will never have to work thanks to a large inheritance.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Feb. 2026
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It was read out loud by the county administrator.—
Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Feb. 2026
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And the patchwork style of Brij Sadanah’s direction enhances the colorfully over-the-top story, which recasts Wuthering Heights as a sensationalistic revenge drama.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 2026
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For a good chunk of this century, however, he has become known mostly for his lush and colorfully vivid covers for Marvel.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Feb. 2026
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