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swank

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adjective

variants or swanky

swank

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verb

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of swank
Noun
What the Voice of the People is saying is: ‘Look at that frightful ass Spode swanking about in footer bags. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025 This Bible swanks a custom embossing of the inauguration date, and like other Bibles in the collection, it is written in the King James translation and includes historic American documents, like the text of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
Adjective
To tap into their spot’s downtown ethos, the trio tapped industry titan Billy Cotton to design an interior swank enough to match the food at Bridges. Alia Akkam, Architectural Digest, 10 Oct. 2024 The bright blend of decor is just the right amount of kitsch, fun, and whimsy for a new 14-room townhouse in swank and swish Chelsea. Katie Lockhart, Robb Report, 30 July 2024
Verb
According to Brown, an overnight stay at a sexy or swanky hotel or a poem detailing your most heartfelt emotions are both good gift ideas for Scorpios. Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 30 Sep. 2025 The Santa Clara Valley Quilt Association is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a quilt show this weekend at the swanky Club Sportiva in North San Jose. Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 27 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for swank
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swank
Noun
  • The pomp and pageantry of the country’s best HBCU basketball tournament was well-displayed, with celebrities like Magic Johnson and LL Cool J hosting parties in uptown Charlotte that drew thousands of attendees.
    Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2025
  • In his pomp, Worthington was recommending Karim Benzema before the world really knew about the Frenchman.
    Phil Hay, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Children play among headstones, and locals see ornate mausoleums daily on their way to run errands; the graveyards woven into public life as parks and libraries are in other cities.
    Ryan Macasero, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Pfister Hotel — Wisconsin Built in 1893, Milwaukee’s Pfister Hotel has long been linked to flickering lights, strange noises and shadowy figures said to haunt its ornate halls.
    Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Instead, the gooners bragged about them.
    Daniel Kolitz, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Anyone who brags excessively about his or her offspring on social media will immediately be incarcerated for at least a week.
    Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The museum embraces the town’s unique role as a final home after one’s life, showcasing everything from early-20th-century embalming equipment to the tombstones of 19th-century San Francisco residents — once sold in a Santa Cruz consignment shop and advertised as Halloween decorations.
    Ryan Macasero, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Some of these sites include more than one building with notable interior detailing or decorations.
    Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 26 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Could mean all the glitzy demonstrations at Zhuhai are nothing more than just shows.
    Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Robert Irwin spent three weeks leading up to his Dancing With the Stars debut far from the glitzy Hollywood dance floor.
    Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Oscar Isaac‘s Victor Frankenstein is part 18th-century dandy and part swaggering Swinging Sixties rock star, as if Lord Byron had been genetically spliced with Brian Jones.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
  • With his deathly pallor and Byronic charm, Stamp was perfect as the self-destructive, swaggering scoundrel who is haunted by visions of a spectral little girl.
    Christina Newland, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • So Hernandez was allowed to compete as a girl, become a national spectacle, and then play out a final high school volleyball season, igniting protests from opponents and teammates alike.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Instead, the country has pioneered a Blue Economy—an ocean-first approach that puts conservation before consumption, sustainability before spectacle.
    Shelby Stewart, Essence, 22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Her gaudy sales numbers mirror her Eras Tour live statistics, which were similarly Barry-Bonds-on-steroids margins beyond other successful stadium artists.
    Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The Panthers have allowed opposing quarterbacks to play well outside of the Falcons’ Michael Penix in Week 3, but even then, the opposing QBs’ numbers haven’t been all that gaudy.
    Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 5 Oct. 2025

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