gaudily

Example Sentences

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The New Yorker called Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis movie “a gaudily decorated Wikipedia article” and IndieWire dubbed the Whitney Houston biopic a “Wikipedia page set to song,” panning the “abject laziness of the film’s construction.”

From Slate • Nov. 23, 2023

Others said the program would mean the demise of the gaudily decorated and brightly colored jeepneys, which have been regarded as Manila’s “King of the Road” and a showcase of Philippine culture on wheels.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 5, 2023

Specifically, the movie evoked that evanescent moment when the piñata’s gaudily colored candied contents fly in the air, right before scattering to the ground in an unholy mess.

From New York Times • May 26, 2022

Defensive and self-pitying, Parker narrates this long and gaudily overstuffed tale of a King and his Kingmaker, arguing — unpersuasively — that he isn’t the villain that history has made him out to be.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2022

With its running water, closed sewers, and gaudily painted walls, Tiwanaku was among the world's most impressive cities.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann