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

Astronomy in the Middle Ages The conspicuousness of astronomical lore in the poetry of Chaucer is due to its importance in the life of his century.

From Astronomical Lore in Chaucer by Grimm, Florence M.