garishness

Example Sentences

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The derby has a “particularly American show of garishness and swagger,” Ms. Kobielski observes in a brief afterword.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

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

Yet their garishness gave him an out with irony-blind censors, to whom he could always explain that he was just trying to make the sitters look prettier.

From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2022

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

Across his brow a constellation of acne had a new-minted look, its garishness softened by the sepia light.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan