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Collin Sexton hasn’t piled up gaudy numbers, but his role on the court has been critical for the Lakers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

On the train from Baku to Ganja, Mr. Barnes writes, he leaves behind ”any vestiges of wealth and prosperity” and finds the poverty in the countryside to be ”as in-your-face as Baku’s gaudy skyscrapers.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Some projects have been viewed as gaudy or unnecessary, while others have been applauded by local residents.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

The style had roots in the late 18th century, when France’s Directoire era represented a retreat from gaudy Rococo maximalism and an embrace of clean, froth-free lines.

From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026

Lancelot, who did not care for gaudy things, wore a few heron’s hackles bound with silver thread, which suited the argent of his shield.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Marshal," said he to Chabannes, "we are told that over the Po yonder is Sir Prosper Colonna, with two thousand horse, in a town called Villafranca, apprehending nought and thinking of nought but gaudies.

From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 4 by Robert Black

Crocus and daffodil and violet, Pink, primrose, valley-lily, clove-carnation, Red rose and white rose, wall-flower, mignonette, The daisies all—these be her recreation, Her gaudies these! 

From Hawthorn and Lavender with Other Verses by William Ernest Henley

The days on which they occur are called gaudies or gaudy days.

From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Benjamin Homer Hall

That’s because playing on the same defensive line might clear the biggest roadblock that they have faced stopping them from putting up even gaudier numbers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

There are other pitchers who have gaudier numbers, including Dodger teammate Tony Gonsolin.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2022

Butler had gaudier individual scoring performances, but Tatum was the steadier force.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 13, 2022

Betsey Johnson made gaudier knock-offs I could combine Macy’s coupons to purchase, and ModCloth often carried novelty bags to match their print dresses and shirt patterns.

From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2018

It was all satisfying to us once, and we do not intend to allow it to waste in unconscious effervescence among the gaudier though less gratifying delights of manhood.

From The Aldine, Vol. 5, No. 1., January, 1872 A Typographic Art Journal by Various

“The Language of Butterflies” is equal parts an ode to the gaudiest of insects—a tribute to butterflies’ beauty, behavior and natural history—and to the scientists and enthusiasts dazzled by them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

Real money announces itself by being the gaudiest in any room.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2025

And that ring is not even considered the gaudiest.

From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2021

And, as F. Scott Fitzgerald put it, America went on “the greatest gaudiest spree in history.”

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 2020

And here we are, at the center of the arc, trapped in the gaudiest, most valuable, and most improbable water wheel the world has ever seen.

From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin