On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Ostentation. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as pretentiousness or pretension and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Ostentation in a sentence
Ostentation meaning
- Ambitious display; vain show; display intended to excite admiration or applause.
- A show or spectacle.
Synonyms of Ostentation
Using Ostentation
- The main meaning on this page is: Ambitious display; vain show; display intended to excite admiration or applause. | A show or spectacle.
- Useful related words include: pretentiousness, pretension, inelegance, inflation.
- In the example corpus, ostentation often appears in combinations such as: and ostentation, of ostentation.
Context around Ostentation
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 3 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ostentation
- In this selection, "ostentation" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, vocal, length, pomp, precious and expense stand out and add context to how "ostentation" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include but of ostentation and phony and days of ostentation the first. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ostentation" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ostentation
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Indeed, he has inverted the pyramid model with its penchant for ostentation, pomp and circumstance. (15 words)
La straniera is rare among bel canto operas in that it offers remarkably few opportunities for vocal ostentation. (18 words)
There are rich color effects without gaudiness, deft artistic touches without ostentation, a wealth of painting and statuary without extravagance. (20 words)
He continued: error For women, " republican motherhood " became the ideal, exemplified by Abigail Adams and Mercy Otis Warren ; the first duty of the republican woman was to instill republican values in her children and to avoid luxury and ostentation. (39 words)
We will strictly enforce prudence and responsibility in the management of public finances by cutting out waste and ostentation, which have become common place under this administration. (27 words)
But it is unpretentious, with some well-placed upholstery stitching and aluminum vent bezels to lend an air of basic quality without dipping into ostentation. (25 words)
Before the Day of Atonement were the “Days of Ostentation”: the first two of the New Year were always fashion shows! (21 words)
Example sentences (10)
We will strictly enforce prudence and responsibility in the management of public finances by cutting out waste and ostentation, which have become common place under this administration.
Indeed, he has inverted the pyramid model with its penchant for ostentation, pomp and circumstance.
There are rich color effects without gaudiness, deft artistic touches without ostentation, a wealth of painting and statuary without extravagance.
Before the Day of Atonement were the “Days of Ostentation”: the first two of the New Year were always fashion shows!
But it is unpretentious, with some well-placed upholstery stitching and aluminum vent bezels to lend an air of basic quality without dipping into ostentation.
There is no ostentation, precious little affectation and an evident horror of being seen as high-born or – shudder – wealthy.
He continued: error For women, " republican motherhood " became the ideal, exemplified by Abigail Adams and Mercy Otis Warren ; the first duty of the republican woman was to instill republican values in her children and to avoid luxury and ostentation.
It comes so fast it breeds and imposes its own mores, not of wealth, but of ostentation and phony status.
La straniera is rare among bel canto operas in that it offers remarkably few opportunities for vocal ostentation.
Restrictions on the length, ostentation, expense of, and behaviour during funerals and mourning gradually were enacted by a variety of lawmakers.
Common combinations with ostentation
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and ostentation 2×
- of ostentation 2×