Example Sentences

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From a largely Protestant city, it became an ostentatiously Catholic one.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Tanner plunges into these ostentatiously autobiographical roles, heedlessly, hectically and without a psychiatric net.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026

Even if they could ostentatiously display their wealth, Mr Wegmüller believes "our guests won't want to show off what they have".

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2025

Picture a pampered socialite ostentatiously putting her generational wealth on display.

From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2024

They came to the store and ostentatiously looked over whatever she was doing and went back to report to him at the house.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston