Example Sentences

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The man, identified in court documents as 35-year-old Kevin Juin, dressed flashily and seemed to be living a life that he didn’t appear to have the means to support, the person said.

From MarketWatch • May 29, 2026

It featured a cast as robust as one of those Vanity Fair Hollywood covers that unfurls into a yard-long portrait, with more and more flashily dressed characters peeking around each fold.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2023

He was a flashily dressed showman, eager to win prizes in the air.

From Washington Post • Dec. 31, 2022

A flashily cut affair, this makes much of experiences “out in the field”, which seems to be Goop for “in the astral treatment suites of complete charlatans”.

From The Guardian • Jan. 16, 2020

He was flashily dressed in a brand-new Fila tennis outfit, which fitted rather tightly.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane