garish

Example Sentences

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There’s the title, which is awkward to say out loud, and the cover, which features a garish racial stereotype — cartoonish slanted eyes imposed on a block of yellow.

From New York Times

Cozzens’s retelling of the Creek War is as garish as it is gruesome, especially when it comes to events such as the Fort Mims massacre and Battle of Horseshoe Bend.

From Washington Post

McGrath took nine wickets in the match, including his 500th in Test cricket, celebrating the landmark by pulling on a pair of garish gold boots.

From BBC

An exception is Jude’s fondness for one of Mahler’s “Rückert-Lieder,” which begins with the line, “O garish world, long since thou hast lost me.”

From New York Times

Hues so bright they are almost garish hum through prismatic washes.

From New York Times