How to Use ostentatious in a Sentence

ostentatious

adjective

• Wear a hat too ostentatious and you’ll be ridiculed for the rest of your life.
  — Jessica Pan, The Cut, 17 May 2018
• Some are the size of not-so-small houses, built by the wealthy and ostentatious of their day.
  — Brian E. Clark, latimes.com, 19 Sep. 2017
• There is a proper way to serve tea and not be ostentatious about it.
  — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 8 May 2021
• In the rap world, Donald Trump has long been an avatar for ostentatious wealth.
  — Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2020
• The North Star State's attractions are less ostentatious, to say the least.
  — Steve Rushin, SI.com, 20 Sep. 2019
• Of course, there is the monogrammed version, for the fellas out there who aren't afraid to be ostentatious.
  — Christian Gollayan, Men's Health, 5 Dec. 2022
• Or to try to wear the biggest and most ostentatious clothes, anything to get noticed.
  — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 21 May 2021
• The gangsters in this film were a lot less flashy and ostentatious than in other movies Marty has done.
  — Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2020
• The send-off is bittersweet, ostentatious but poignant in a way that captures the best of P-Valley.
  — Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2020
• This plum tart is a dessert of a shyer order, less ostentatious than its flashy friends.
  — Melissa Clark, The Seattle Times, 11 Sep. 2018
• That said, a lobster tail does look a bit ostentatious.
  — Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2021
• Don’t let the ostentatious title fool you; Swagger is deeper than the flash.
  — Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 25 May 2022
• An ostentatious look wasn’t the only aspect that set it apart from the rest of the automaker’s lineup.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 8 Jan. 2024
• Social media pounced on the post and called it ostentatious.
  — Miranda Green, CNN, 28 Sep. 2017
• No place else could match his blend of ostentatious and outlandish.
  — Matt Sedensky, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Apr. 2023
• The '80s was a decade known for ostentatious decadence and luxury hotels were keen to please.
  — Cnt Editors, CNT, 5 Sep. 2017
• The jacket, a ’60s-style number with ostentatious fringe on the front, sides and sleeves, transfixes Georges and then unhinges him.
  — Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2020
• The buildup has been slow and ostentatious, whereas a genuine invasion would be rapid and more covert.
  — NBC News, 14 Apr. 2021
• Think of Doha as the refined, relaxed cousin to ostentatious Dubai.
  — Jolene Latimer, chicagotribune.com, 6 Dec. 2019
• Bottle service clubs catered to the ostentatious new crew.
  — Marisa Meltzer, Town & Country, 27 June 2016
• Much of what’s in the show is the opposite of ostentatious or monumental.
  — New York Times, 3 Feb. 2022
• The building was not filled with rich, ostentatious people.
  — New York Times, 12 July 2021
• All of which might help to explain why Musk has been so eager to dispel the idea that Tesla was building him an ostentatious glass house in Austin.
  — Will Oremus, Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2023
• Head crests or feathers, the key here seems to be that larger dinosaurs were also more ostentatious.
  — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 28 Sep. 2016
• The surroundings were less ostentatious than the Twins are planning with the $7.6 million in public money.
  — Star Tribune, 17 July 2021
• On the coastal road, ostentatious villas occupy the hills overlooking the city.
  — Alan Crawford, Bloomberg.com, 24 Apr. 2018
• The piece is goofing on ostentatious displays of wealth, Diplo.
  — Vulture, 3 Dec. 2022
• And the order forms, while maybe a tad more ostentatious than the situation calls for, do create a sense of urgency.
  — Eliza Huber, refinery29.com, 12 Mar. 2020
• How would Meghan Markle, whose style choices were long deemed ostentatious by critics, dress for the occasion?
  — WSJ, 19 Sep. 2022
• In 1989, the Washington Post noted that Hafez had promised that the ostentatious fortress was only for his successor.
  — Paul Iddon, Forbes, 28 June 2022

Last Updated: 9 May 2024