showy
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
This year the clamor is louder, more aggressive, and tinged with showy economic threats.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2026
Wintour was reportedly “underwhelmed” by Malle’s selection, but who doesn’t love a showy primary?
From Salon ● May 5, 2026
He also tried showy penstemons, but they didn’t like the shade near the house.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2026
She also excelled in the fast, showy aria in which she warns Dejanira to beware of jealousy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026
The veteran couples never did anything showy in public, going about in a sensible sort of way, like a mother and father might do in a normal family.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
And she does it with such subtle grace and tenderness that she almost steals the movie from her showier co-stars.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2025
Yes: Alcaraz is the faster, showier player, capable of mad sprints to pull out improbable winners, but Sinner’s developed real range.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2025
Maybe it’s happiest tucked into a cast-iron skillet, going golden and jammy while the showier types preen in their baskets.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2025
However, Stone has the showier role as Poor Things' charming protagonist Bella Baxter, while Gladstone's dignified and resilient Molly Kyle in Flower Moon is a more understated part that enjoys considerably less screen time.
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2024
Maisie associated this showier presence with her now being "big," knowing of course that nursery-governesses were only for little girls who were not, as she said, "really" little.
From What Maisie Knew by James, Henry
The biggest music stars and the showiest productions are enjoying broad popularity right now.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
Naturally, he doesn’t stand a chance against Butler and Fraser, the category’s two showiest contenders; neither, it seems, do Farrell and Nighy, whom I’d rank a close second and third.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2023
Instead, consider strategically delayed gratification, which probably means skipping the showiest of-the-moment plants in favor of those that might not be in peak form yet, or even have fully awakened.
From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2021
The showiest destination of all is table 56, a dome-shaped tapestried booth.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 7, 2020
Everyone, meanwhile, appears to be blending into a classless crowd, shedding the showiest kinds of high-status clothes in favor of a jeans-and-sweatsuit informality.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
