showiness
Example Sentences
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The males’ showiness might help attract females, but their displays can draw the attention of cats, birds and other potential predators.
From Los Angeles Times
The result is a piece that is at once in your face and ephemeral, a classic royal family bit of showiness and nothingness.
From Salon
Occasionally it’s pinch-hitting for substance, mere showiness with nothing behind it.
From New York Times
Cage might have preferred less showiness, but here they felt bigger than life, capable of moving a listener to tears.
From Los Angeles Times
A common belief is that native plants look messy or lack the showiness we crave in our gardens, but Rabourn says well-designed native gardens are just as dynamic and beautiful as conventional ones.
From Seattle Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
