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

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