Example Sentences

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One montage — tackily but irresistibly set to INXS’s “New Sensation” — illustrates how he managed to hide his illness in plain sight.

From New York Times • May 11, 2023

Goldblum says he knows this instrument, a clunky electronic piano tackily set into the bar.

From The Guardian • Sep. 30, 2018

He was cocksure and tackily dressed in a plaid blazer, red tie and a carnation pinned to his lapel; Brockmire’s flame burned a little too brightly.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2017

Clever with its gaudiness, the new soap opera proceeds as if that invitation is gilt-edged, tackily engraved, and sealed inside an oversized envelope with a kiss of frosted-pink lipstick.

From Slate • Mar. 2, 2012

It drummed tackily to gather my attention, coughed, spat, cleared its throat, and, on the eve of that portentous communication, retired up stage as a multitude whispering.

From Traffics and Discoveries by Kipling, Rudyard