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Recent Examples of ostentatiously
The ingredients of an Erewhon smoothie (4) swirl together without any mixing, colors clashing ostentatiously.
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Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2025
Yet whereas Taxi Driver ends in a sequence of redemptive carnage, First Reformed swerves in its last moments into a scene so ostentatiously at odds with everything coming before that accepting it at face value would seem to mean denying the film up to that point had anything serious to say.
—Roy Scranton
august 20, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2025
Yet whereas Taxi Driver ends in a sequence of redemptive carnage, First Reformed swerves in its last moments into a scene so ostentatiously at odds with everything coming before that accepting it at face value would seem to mean denying the film up to that point had anything serious to say.
—Roy Scranton
august 20, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ostentatiously
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O’Brien’s dual roles as both flamboyantly gay charm bomb Rocky — who is flattened in a car accident early in the film — and the grieving and straight Roman comprise a career-topping performance.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
4 Sep. 2025
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The flamboyantly lascivious Frank-N-Furter is about to unveil his new Creature, the titular Rocky Horror (Peter Hinwood).—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
16 Aug. 2025
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As reporters walked by where Broadbelt’s body was found, a large black dog in a front yard barked loudly and ran along the fence.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
2 Sep. 2025
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With the verbal exchanges seemingly exhausted, the two opponents will now let their actions speak loudly in the ring in Paris.—
Matthew Couden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Aug. 2025
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His latest, shot on 16mm with all the audio recorded in post-production, is a drone-y folk tale with a lot on its mind and sound mix so loud my ears were still ringing four hours later.—
Sam Bodrojan,
IndieWire,
7 Sep. 2025
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Most of these are held in a tent, from which loud, ecstatic moans can be heard for seemingly miles around.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
26 Aug. 2025
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Shot in a colorfully naturalistic style by Irina Lubtchansky (My Golden Days), the film occasionally switches to what looks like Super 8mm, capturing the action more intimately and playfully.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Aug. 2025
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One expert, reflecting on personal experience, put it more colorfully.—
George Calhoun,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Ostentatiously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ostentatiously. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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