garish

Example Sentences

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Dozens of stores selling fireworks resembling flamethrowers and packaged in garish boxes saw little foot traffic on a weekday morning.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

Watching the show felt like thumbing through TikTok, assaulted by walls of sound, garish ads and the occasional familiar face.

From Salon • Jan. 13, 2026

Now Britons are growing exasperated with a decorator whose tastes run to the intellectual equivalent of avocado-colored appliances and garish shag carpeting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025

Despite some impressively garish trousers, YouTuber George Clarke hit a bum note with his Jive to Harry Styles' As It Was.

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2025

Wash extracted three additional feet, four hands and two heads painted with garish grins.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez