gaud
Example Sentences
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He is frequently seen dressed in fantastic gaud, seated in a brilliant howdah atop a huge elephant, with his sceptre in one hand, and a Rolleiflex camera in the other.
From Time Magazine Archive
Alexander loved gaud and baubles; Stalin likes big boots and old brown tunics.
From Time Magazine Archive
With sumptuous production values and characters who spent every available petrodollar, Dallas elevated conspicuous consumption to a secular religion: gaud almighty.
From Time Magazine Archive
I have tried it, I. I tell you, friend, your justice is a lie; Your comfort is a lie, your peace a fraud; Your trust a folly and your cheer a gaud.
From King Cole by Masefield, John
Her eye never once left the glittering gaud.
From The Convert by Robins, Elizabeth
