On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Showy. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as splashy or colorful and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Showy in a sentence
Showy meaning
- Calling attention; flashy; standing out to the eye.
- Making a striking or aesthetically pleasing display.
- Inclined to showing (by conveying an impression so that events are described in the narrative), instead of telling (by explicitly stating facts).
Synonyms of Showy
Showy vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Showy
- The main meaning on this page is: Calling attention; flashy; standing out to the eye. | Making a striking or aesthetically pleasing display. | Inclined to showing (by conveying an impression so that events are described in the narrative), instead of telling (by explicitly stating facts).
- Useful related words include: splashy, colorful, sporty, jazzy.
- Possible Dutch translations are: opzichtig.
- In the example corpus, showy often appears in combinations such as: and showy, the showy, showy to.
Context around Showy
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 11 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Showy
- In this selection, "showy" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, especially, sounded, overly, bake, hawaiian and marjoram stand out and add context to how "showy" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and a showy hawaiian shirt and are especially showy to attract. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "showy" sits close to words such as abington, acura and adt, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with showy
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Origanum pulchellum is known as showy marjoram or showy oregano. (10 words)
He loves a showy bake – and a showy Hawaiian shirt, too. (11 words)
The production is not showy, but is solid in all respects. (11 words)
For decades, the brand was synonymous with professional American men's wear, its somewhat boxy suits framed as a less fashion-centric riposte to the more structured English tailoring and the more showy Italian style. (35 words)
Yet it didn’t feel showy: He was not too famous to hide, not too self-conscious to resist doing what he does almost unthinkingly, which is use his body to perform. (32 words)
I don’t want to be like, “I’m 50!”’ She assumes the gravelly American accent of a showy Hollywood grande dame and high-kicks her leg from the sofa to demonstrate. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
He loves a showy bake – and a showy Hawaiian shirt, too.
Origanum pulchellum is known as showy marjoram or showy oregano.
Above the tree line, Alpine flowers are especially showy to attract the relatively few insects that live at high altitude.
However, Laurie said while the name sounded showy the poisoned quartet were the complete opposite.
It feels obtrusive and showy, an unnecessary addition to a story that does not deserve such a meticulous process.
The production is not showy, but is solid in all respects.
What’s most endearing about the movie is the fashion in which it isn’t overly showy with its relatively high concept premise.
Yet it didn’t feel showy: He was not too famous to hide, not too self-conscious to resist doing what he does almost unthinkingly, which is use his body to perform.
Butterworth writes sprawling, talky epics with ensembles in the double digits, three-hour run times, and lots of room for showy speeches.
She teamed the showy top with a pair of baggy beige trousers and heels.
The darker chrome certainly helps but the GV80 Coupe's overall aesthetic leans a little into the showy realm, at least in my opinion.
They’ll be represented in a playful way, not in a showy way.
Another Melbourne-based creative said she felt a "weird pressure" to auction a piece to raise funds, even if it "feels insincere and showy to do it".
Everyone will try to sell their big showy houses and get something practical.
For decades, the brand was synonymous with professional American men's wear, its somewhat boxy suits framed as a less fashion-centric riposte to the more structured English tailoring and the more showy Italian style.
Google’s internet balloons — like Facebook’s failed attempt at internet-beaming drones — might be pointlessly showy pieces of equipment where conventional cellphone towers are better suited.
I don’t want to be like, “I’m 50!”’ She assumes the gravelly American accent of a showy Hollywood grande dame and high-kicks her leg from the sofa to demonstrate.
Showy to be sure, but there are spots in the Griesbach Central Park that offer height and perspective for those long shots.
Director James Mangold does a perfectly satisfactory job of keeping those elements in the picture, but he's also out to deliver something that's got a lot of showy kineticism.
She writes of the difference between the showy black New Yorkers and the more reserved Bostonians who are not quite ready to flaunt their diamonds.
Common combinations with showy
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and showy 8×
- the showy 5×
- showy to 4×
- as showy 3×
- more showy 3×
- showy flowers 3×
- or showy 2×
- not showy 2×
- for showy 2×
- of showy 2×