How to Use ostentatious in a Sentence

ostentatious

adjective

• Wear a hat too ostentatious and you’ll be ridiculed for the rest of your life.
  — Jessica Pan, The Cut, 17 May 2018
• There is a proper way to serve tea and not be ostentatious about it.
  — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 8 May 2021
• Some are the size of not-so-small houses, built by the wealthy and ostentatious of their day.
  — Brian E. Clark, latimes.com, 19 Sep. 2017
• Or to try to wear the biggest and most ostentatious clothes, anything to get noticed.
  — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 21 May 2021
• Social media pounced on the post and called it ostentatious.
  — Miranda Green, CNN, 28 Sep. 2017
• No place else could match his blend of ostentatious and outlandish.
  — Matt Sedensky, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Apr. 2023
• That said, a lobster tail does look a bit ostentatious.
  — Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2021
• Bottle service clubs catered to the ostentatious new crew.
  — Marisa Meltzer, Town & Country, 27 June 2016
• This plum tart is a dessert of a shyer order, less ostentatious than its flashy friends.
  — Melissa Clark, The Seattle Times, 11 Sep. 2018
• The gangsters in this film were a lot less flashy and ostentatious than in other movies Marty has done.
  — Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2020
• In the rap world, Donald Trump has long been an avatar for ostentatious wealth.
  — Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2020
• The building was not filled with rich, ostentatious people.
  — New York Times, 12 July 2021
• Much of what’s in the show is the opposite of ostentatious or monumental.
  — New York Times, 3 Feb. 2022
• The buildup has been slow and ostentatious, whereas a genuine invasion would be rapid and more covert.
  — NBC News, 14 Apr. 2021
• The gimmicky new breed of ones loaded with ostentatious garnishes are even worse.
  — Aaron Goldfarb, Esquire, 15 May 2015
• Of course, there is the monogrammed version, for the fellas out there who aren't afraid to be ostentatious.
  — Christian Gollayan, Men's Health, 5 Dec. 2022
• Head crests or feathers, the key here seems to be that larger dinosaurs were also more ostentatious.
  — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 28 Sep. 2016
• On the coastal road, ostentatious villas occupy the hills overlooking the city.
  — Alan Crawford, Bloomberg.com, 24 Apr. 2018
• Don’t let the ostentatious title fool you; Swagger is deeper than the flash.
  — Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 25 May 2022
• Brands need to stop spending money on tactics that are seen to be indulgent and ostentatious.
  — Richard Cook, Forbes, 4 Aug. 2022
• Its pink walls are adorned with ostentatious white piping and flourishes.
  — Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 7 May 2018
• There was nothing ostentatious or self-conscious about the closet.
  — Michael Frank, Slate Magazine, 19 May 2017
• That pompous excuse for a plush ride is a thumb in the eye to every taxpayer—and in the case of an ostentatious cost-cutter, genuine hypocrisy.
  — William Safire, New York Times, 2 May 1991
• And tackiness can take many forms, from ostentatious displays of wealth to proud displays of cheapness.
  — Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2021
• The piece is goofing on ostentatious displays of wealth, Diplo.
  — Vulture, 3 Dec. 2022
• Do that five or six times and then garnish with a celery stalk and perhaps something ostentatious like a poached shrimp or a cheeseburger and enjoy.
  — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 3 Dec. 2022
• And the order forms, while maybe a tad more ostentatious than the situation calls for, do create a sense of urgency.
  — Eliza Huber, refinery29.com, 12 Mar. 2020
• The ostentatious-by-being-unassuming life of the party.
  — Dia Lacina, Wired, 5 Nov. 2020
• The North Star State's attractions are less ostentatious, to say the least.
  — Steve Rushin, SI.com, 20 Sep. 2019
• Think of Doha as the refined, relaxed cousin to ostentatious Dubai.
  — Jolene Latimer, chicagotribune.com, 6 Dec. 2019

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