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Ostentatiously low-key baubles from the storied Munich jeweler Hemmerle.

From New York Times • Jul. 24, 2023

Ostentatiously grooming his mustache and eyebrows while peering into a hand-held mirror, he is the ultimate braggart and prevaricator, itching for a comeuppance.

From New York Times • Sep. 25, 2010

Ostentatiously irreverent, he is at times witty, oftener merely outspoken.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ostentatiously absent from the round of meetings was White House Aide Dwight Chapin, who had been compromised by being tied into the Watergate scandal.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ostentatiously she drew from her finger a thimble, then advanced with head bent.

From In the Year of Jubilee by Gissing, George