How to Use conspicuous in a Sentence

conspicuous

adjective

• The sign was placed in a very conspicuous spot.
• The bird has a conspicuous red head.
• There were a number of conspicuous changes to the building.
• She felt very conspicuous in her pink coat.
• The business was a conspicuous success.
• He was uncomfortable about his conspicuous weight gain.
• Experienced safety help, or the lack of it, could be conspicuous.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 28 Dec. 2020
• At a hair over five feet, five inches tall, Hendrickson was conspicuous in his shortness.
  — Elliot Ackerman, Wired, 26 Jan. 2021
• Lots of options are less conspicuous than the one that involves a broken windshield speckled with blood spatter.
  — Brian Grubb, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2024
• The most conspicuous absence from the list of starters is Portland’s Damian Lillard.
  — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2021
• The most conspicuous objects on the seabed were porcelain and thousands of rattan canes, intended for use as walking sticks or in furniture-making.
  — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
• For about as long, others have been attracted to some record (or performer) with country connections precisely because of its conspicuous pop propensities.
  — Barry Mazor, WSJ, 4 Jan. 2021
• The problem is especially conspicuous with Black people.
  — Sydette Harry, Wired, 11 Jan. 2021
• In the long term, though, the most conspicuous effects of the IoT will be in how the world works.
  — The Economist, 12 Sep. 2019
• In fact, there was a conspicuous lack of them at the piers that day.
  — Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Sep. 2021
• Most conspicuous of all are the glinting hobnails in the sole of the boot on the left.
  — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2019
• The change in tone and the loss of shame and guilt in her last novel are conspicuous.
  — Ankita Chakraborty, Longreads, 8 June 2018
• The heroine of the piece is a naked mole rat named Sweety, a conspicuous weirdo.
  — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 26 Apr. 2019
• But the split with the golfers born after 1985 could not be more conspicuous.
  — New York Times, 18 Feb. 2022
• The movie is at its best when those traces are most conspicuous.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2019
• But cheers came from a conspicuous corner of the world.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2022
• But over the past two to three years, consumers have seen a conspicuous shift in the look of the poinsettia.
  — Adrian Higgins, kansascity, 14 Dec. 2017
• So far, the fight over fur has been far more conspicuous.
  — J. David Goodman, New York Times, 14 July 2019
• Leafy greens are a conspicuous absence from most of the book’s recipes.
  — Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 18 Apr. 2018
• Of course, the most conspicuous visual changes are right in the cockpit.
  — Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 26 Jan. 2023
• But conspicuous in their absence are the bulk of the leaders of the world’s major economies.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2023
• Trump was conspicuous by his absence, having flown home to Florida rather than attend his successor’s inauguration.
  — W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner, 20 Jan. 2021
• But as the death count in city jails rose to 14 this year, the board’s inaction was conspicuous.
  — New York Times, 8 Nov. 2021
• The most conspicuous monument to the fighting is the smashed hulk of an Antonov An-225.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2022
• Reportedly worth $400 million and widely known to the world outside the confines of Planet Art, the artist can’t help but be conspicuous in a crowd.
  — Helen Holmes, ARTnews.com, 19 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 26 Dec 2024