tacky

Example Sentences

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It was spectacularly tested at the hall’s 10th anniversary, but with tacky prerecorded video and crummy amplification.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

Government auditors called out the purchase—not for being tacky but for how the worker got to the store: in a state car.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

He tells BBC Newsbeat that he expected to receive a cease and desist letter from the retail giant after describing some of the clothes as "boring" and "tacky PE kit".

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

India, the defending champions, posted a fighting 175-7 after they were sent in to bat on a tacky R. Premadasa stadium pitch before they routed Pakistan for 114.

From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026

It wasn’t a tacky, enormous thing, but rather a slender peak with a blue gem embedded in the center—the only jewel in the statue.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas