garishness
Example Sentences
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But it’s tricky to maintain a balance between eliciting sympathy for the central duo and making sport of them, in all their preening garishness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2025
This peacock stands out even in Macau, a city that embraces garishness almost as much as it does light pollution.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2025
Director of photography Alexander Dynan uses a lighting scheme that can best be described as subtly oppressive, almost shroudlike, pressing down on the casino scenes, muting their garishness.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 9, 2021
The idea is that death can fool you if you don’t know what you’re looking at, and despite the garishness of the stiff-limbed dummies, the improbable redness of their blood, the point is made.
From New York Times ● Feb. 25, 2020
Across his brow a constellation of acne had a new-minted look, its garishness softened by the sepia light.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
