garish

Example Sentences

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The man is dangerous and clownish, boorish and fascinating, as crude as a dirty joke and as garish as a casino.

From Seattle Times

In the decades that came after, they pivoted from presenting themselves in galleries to making large photographic assemblages in a trademark garish style.

From New York Times

Rather than commission works that shine yet more garish light on Black trauma, Joseph ensured that the course of “Cartography” followed its own true north: explorations of “Black dignity.”

From Washington Post

Junior enters the funeral in a garish, pink-and-purple cowboy outfit — a choice that makes sense later when he is represented as a boy wearing the same costume, being held and then rejected by his mother.

From New York Times

Although some in the L.A. real estate community have dismissed the residence as garish, others have seen it as the ultimate trophy home — with a list of amenities aimed at the party set.

From Los Angeles Times