How to Use razzmatazz in a Sentence

razzmatazz

noun

• There was a time when razzmatazz had no part in the proceedings.
  — New York Times, 2 June 2021
• Yet for all this tiresome razzmatazz, the model is not new.
  — The Economist, 10 May 2018
• The fireworks, the razzmatazz, the artifice do not add to the sense of occasion.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 27 May 2017
• Now back to that whole football razzmatazz: The Grove, a 10-acre lawn that’s more legend than landscape, is the place to be come game day.
  — Anne Roderique-Jones, Vogue, 20 July 2017
• This year’s four-day, online-only gala was low on video game razzmatazz.
  — Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2021
• And there’s a loose, jazzy verve to the production, a sort of sonic and visual razzmatazz that gives the film a fanciful Oceans 11-style gloss.
  — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 3 Dec. 2020
• We're swept up in the razzmatazz and showmanship, making believers of us all.
  — Thomas Page, CNN, 19 Sep. 2021
• There was none of the kind of paraphernalia and operational razzmatazz that surrounds a lot of films of this scale.
  — Emily J. Lordi, Billboard, 21 Mar. 2019
• Looking for clues of Branson’s pre-razzmatazz past, Barger toured the limestone Marvel Cave, where her mom hung out.
  — National Geographic, 21 July 2020
• Temptations to facile irony and other razzmatazz rob his style of precision.
  — Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 16 Aug. 2020
• The gravity and the razzmatazz can each have their say, in their own style, instead of fighting for dominance and airtime, and losing jointly.
  — New York Times, 2 June 2021
• Reuben knows all there is to know and flashes it with the hypnotic razzmatazz of a carnival barker, for nobody’s benefit but his own.
  — Jaimy Gordon, New York Times, 10 June 2016
• The World Football Cup is the antithesis of professional soccer’s razzmatazz.
  — NBC News, 9 June 2018
• But American awards shows have much more razzmatazz, much more showbiz and perhaps a broader range of people being involved.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 21 Feb. 2023
• But American awards shows have much more razzmatazz, much more showbiz, and perhaps a broader range of people being involved.
  — Manori Ravindran, Variety, 20 Feb. 2023
• Less glitz, less glamour, but also less of the gaudy cornball razzmatazz that often leads to impromptu embarrassment and painful jokes.
  — Gene Seymour, CNN, 26 Apr. 2021
• Adrian LePeltier had old-school razzmatazz but was on the cutting edge of theme-park entertainment.
  — Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 14 July 2022
• Today, travelers are looking for a break from reality more than ever, and the high-tech razzmatazz of the new mega-resorts is just the latest take on the escapist tradition.
  — Tony Perrottet, Travel + Leisure, 24 Apr. 2022
• If Cannes is the pinnacle of the international film calendar, the Academy Awards is the zenith of Hollywood razzmatazz.
  — Clive Martin and Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN, 15 June 2017
• One way to break away from the addiction to the propagandizing and the razzmatazz is to start watching reputable newscasts and start reading reliable newspapers.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2022
• The flaws and gaps in the Nobel prizes have been partially remedied by philanthropists who have established new prizes—some promoted with a razzmatazz that matches the Nobels, and with even bigger jackpots.
  — Martin Rees, Time, 27 Oct. 2022
• His 70th birthday was again marked by an international gathering of scientists in Cambridge, and also with some razzmatazz.
  — Martin Rees, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2018
• The razzmatazz was lost last September during a largely virtual ceremony, but celebrities churned out looks to remember.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Sep. 2021
• On this smaller scale, Montes has nicely compensated with softer, more poignant imagery — the newly enslaved being stripped of their possessions is a particularly evocative touch — but all the razzmatazz is still missed.
  — Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 2 Oct. 2021
• Its market is far bigger and more creative, with tech firms blending e-commerce, social media and razzmatazz to become online-shopping emporia for 850m digital consumers.
  — The Economist, 30 Dec. 2020
• Showing only presentations, owing to the pandemic, there's a feeling that Van Noten's inspirations would benefit from the energy and razzmatazz of returning to the runway.
  — Thomas Adamson, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2022
• And the authoritarian military generals move in a combination of fascist goose-stepping and Broadway razzmatazz.
  — Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 10 Sep. 2019
• And the authoritarian military generals moved in a fascinating combination of fascist goose-stepping and Broadway razzmatazz.
  — Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 5 Dec. 2019

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024