Example Sentences

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Now the LSU fans ask Jimmy and Robin Burrow for photos, and Joe teases them about their conspicuousness in their purple-and-gold No. 9 jerseys.

From Washington Post • Nov. 7, 2019

The fundamental weakness of ’’80s-era, “RoboCop”-ian businessman bad guys is their conspicuousness.

From Salon • Jun. 24, 2017

What I’d like to witness anew is something towards which I’ve become inured to its oddity and conspicuousness, that I now accept as commonplace.

From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2015

The memorial itself is striking in its conspicuousness, but what moved me most was its unexpectedness.

From Slate • Apr. 8, 2013

A prominent characteristic of Prof. Vaughn was shyness—a shrinking from familiarity or conspicuousness.

From Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey by Lloyd, John Uri