On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Flagrant. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as crying or egregious and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Flagrant meaning
- Obvious and offensive; blatant; scandalous.
- On fire; flaming.
Using Flagrant
- The main meaning on this page is: Obvious and offensive; blatant; scandalous. | On fire; flaming.
- Useful related words include: crying, egregious, glaring, gross.
- In the example corpus, flagrant often appears in combinations such as: flagrant violation, flagrant disregard, in flagrant.
Context around Flagrant
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 17 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Flagrant
- In this selection, "flagrant" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, denounced, ins, disregard, fouls and violation stand out and add context to how "flagrant" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as a flagrant attack on and auditing the flagrant errors committed. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "flagrant" sits close to words such as aberration, aditya and af, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with flagrant
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It's not just Southwest, Southwest is just the most flagrant example of skimping on tech. (16 words)
The suspended left-wing MP and his allies have condemned the move as a “flagrant attack” on democracy. (18 words)
What then is the much needed existential reaction to such flagrant irresponsible dominance over the Earth and its inhabitants? (19 words)
I can envision 22-year-olds being hired for the expressed purpose of auditing the flagrant errors committed by ChatGPT—fact-checkers to the machines—making sure they are accurately reporting the time of the Super Bowl. (37 words)
Residents were left on edge by increased shootings, stabbings, carjackings, break-ins, flagrant armed robberies of retail stores during daylight hours and gang markings left on homes, signs and other buildings throughout the city. (34 words)
Trainers walked out to look at him, and he attempted both free throws — a result of the foul call being upgraded to a flagrant — before walking down the tunnel toward the Nets’ locker room. (34 words)
What then is the much needed existential reaction to such flagrant irresponsible dominance over the Earth and its inhabitants? (19 words)
Example sentences (20)
A LAW-breaking Hereford man with a 'flagrant disregard' for court orders has been jailed after he was caught behind the wheel.
He tells the Queen: 'She has resumed her affair with Major Hewitt with flagrant disregard for our agreement we made in our meeting with you.
He was jailed for six weeks due to his ‘flagrant disregard for people and their property’ and his previous record.
I can envision 22-year-olds being hired for the expressed purpose of auditing the flagrant errors committed by ChatGPT—fact-checkers to the machines—making sure they are accurately reporting the time of the Super Bowl.
In 2016, Green was suspended for a crucial Game 5 loss to and the Cavaliers in the NBA Finals after accumulating too many flagrant fouls in the playoffs that season.
In an early Thursday press conference, Democrats party leader denounced “flagrant” ballot box stuffing, rigging and vote buying by the two pro-government parties, without providing immediate evidence.
It's not just Southwest, Southwest is just the most flagrant example of skimping on tech.
Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group condemned the storming of the mosque, calling it “a flagrant violation of believers in Jerusalem” that violated religious, moral and human values.
Lineker has been frequently criticised for his flagrant breach of impartiality rules - including by senior BBC employees such as the cricket commentator Jonathan Agnew.
On Friday, Opposition Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs Lisa Hanna ripped into Johnson Smith’s tenure, noting that Jamaica’s absence from the meeting formed part of the minister’s “flagrant and continuous blunders”.
Residents were left on edge by increased shootings, stabbings, carjackings, break-ins, flagrant armed robberies of retail stores during daylight hours and gang markings left on homes, signs and other buildings throughout the city.
The permissive and ambivalent reaction by the international community to the litany of war crimes and flagrant breaches of international law by Israel has been shameful.
The placing of the question in the referendum, in the manner in which it is framed, is a flagrant disregard for international law, the UN Charter and the ICJ.
The second half was much more physical, with a pair of flagrant fouls from West Liberty in about four minutes to start the half.
The suspended left-wing MP and his allies have condemned the move as a “flagrant attack” on democracy.
The Taliban decision is "an unparalleled violation of women's rights, a flagrant breach of humanitarian principles, and a breach of international rules," Wednesday's statement said.
The think tank noted that it is a flagrant violation of the rights of citizens for the CBN to withhold the cash of citizens under the guise of currency redesign.
They added that the defendant has a ‘flagrant disregard for people and their property’, while he committed the offence during the period of a suspended sentence.
Trainers walked out to look at him, and he attempted both free throws — a result of the foul call being upgraded to a flagrant — before walking down the tunnel toward the Nets’ locker room.
What then is the much needed existential reaction to such flagrant irresponsible dominance over the Earth and its inhabitants?
Common combinations with flagrant
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- flagrant violation 18×
- flagrant disregard 17×
- in flagrant 13×
- flagrant foul 13×
- flagrant breach 8×
- and flagrant 8×
- the flagrant 7×
- flagrant and 6×
- is flagrant 6×
- of flagrant 6×