How to Use flamboyance in a Sentence

flamboyance

noun

• The hair is shorter; the golf hat has shrunk; the wardrobe has lost its flamboyance.
  — Bill Pennington, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2018
• Then, by the time Charles II was restored to the throne in 1660, flamboyance reached a new high.
  — Aubrey Almanza, Allure, 18 May 2018
• Welcome to the pink pad, where many things are pink, flamboyance is key, and textures are of the essence.
  — Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 10 Sep. 2020
• Over the past week, New York sizzled with flamboyance and joy.
  — Ian Malone, Vogue, 27 June 2022
• Even that barometer of flamboyance -- The Plain Dealer -- makes a cameo in the film.
  — John Petkovic, cleveland.com, 14 Sep. 2017
• Not that O’Mara indulges in any retro flamboyance of evil.
  — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 27 Oct. 2021
• The conversation is so normal and soft, which belies the over-the-top flamboyance of the film.
  — Janet Kinosian, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2022
• Then, disturbed by a grazing vicuña, the flamboyance, as a flock of flamingos is known, took off.
  — Mark Johanson, Travel + Leisure, 29 July 2023
• This season, sleeves are all about flair and flamboyance!
  — Dominique Hobdy, Essence, 4 Sep. 2019
• Both artists recognize there is far more to these gems of the baroque vocal art than mere flamboyance.
  — John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com, 8 Apr. 2018
• Back in the 1990s, this kind of rapping — the type that calls attention to its own flamboyance — used to be prized and rewarded.
  — Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2019
• The arrogance, the flamboyance, the power – my hat’s bigger than your hat.
  — Will Tizard, Variety, 7 July 2022
• In the shot, Hedlund holds his little boy on his hip as the pair stands behind a fence to admire a flamboyance of flamingos.
  — Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com, 21 Mar. 2022
• This was a day of misery for Chelsea — the west London club’s heaviest loss in 28 years — but one for both City and Dean to flaunt their flamboyance.
  — Rob Harris, The Seattle Times, 10 Feb. 2019
• Into Action gala on Wednesday, the night was as pink as a flamboyance of flamingos.
  — Ian Malone, Vogue, 3 May 2019
• The flamboyance, militance, and violence of the 1960s left might not have worked right away, after all.
  — Samuel Goldman, The Week, 6 Jan. 2022
• And the wetlands around Mumbai, India turn pink as a flamboyance of flamingos arrives to feed.
  — CNN, 5 May 2020
• For the next month, all eyes will be on you, so embrace flamboyance with big hair, animal prints, and plenty of bold choices.
  — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 29 June 2018
• His brand of quotable, look-at-me flamboyance has long gone out of fashion in the U.S., where baseball managers are more stoic than ever.
  — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 20 May 2022
• No one would expect the Mid-Manhattan to compete with the flamboyance of the Carrère and Hastings flagship.
  — New York Times, 4 July 2021
• The flamboyance that both Jagger and Richards used to impressive effect in the Stones was given free rein by the foundation Watts gave them.
  — Bill Wyman, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2021
• His unique flamboyance was as audacious as the new nation.
  — Ramin Ganeshram, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2024
• And aside from his two-door Mercedes coupe, Clark refrained from outward flamboyance.
  — Marc Ramirez, Dallas News, 22 Oct. 2020
• In all, the atmosphere is convivial and unshowy, despite the flamboyance of Gehry’s swooping lines.
  — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 22 May 2017
• But around 1890, with the rise of naturalism, critics soured on the potboilers that made her flamboyance shine.
  — Rachel Shteir, WSJ, 23 Aug. 2018
• He, at least, was hired as a clerk in a bank and became known, if not for sartorial flamboyance, at least for correctness.
  — Meryle Secrest, WSJ, 5 Apr. 2018
• To the contrary, the company specializes in a sort of controlled flamboyance.
  — Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2018
• That, too, has been part of the fun of this Olympics, the giddy embrace of the theatricality and flamboyance that were formerly disdained or ridiculed.
  — Guy Trebay, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2018
• From the red-carpet scene to the deafening pre-show chatter to the stage antics, all the way to the after-show party, theater flamboyance was in evidence.
  — John Timpane, Philly.com, 30 Oct. 2017
• The Piaget Polo personifies the flamboyance and irreverence of the time, and is quickly adopted by the beau monde and global jet set.
  — Ming Liu, Robb Report, 6 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Dec 2024