How to Use ostentation in a Sentence

ostentation

noun

• He writes simply and clearly and without ostentation.
• The actress avoids ostentation. She owns a small house and drives an inexpensive car.
• Paint did not get off to such a good start in the New World, where the Puritans frowned on ostentation.
  — Adam Seessel, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2019
• For the Puccis, the ease of their getaway house more than compensates for its lack of ostentation.
  — Ingrid Abramovitch, ELLE Decor, 4 Aug. 2022
• There had been signs of ostentation creep before the Leonardo sale.
  — James Atlas, Town & Country, 8 Feb. 2018
• While the Airpods Max, by contrast, please in their smack-dab ostentation.
  — André-Naquian Wheeler, Vogue, 31 Jan. 2023
• For all the ostentation, for all the millions spent, this was a day for all generations and all people.
  — Aimee Lewis, CNN, 19 May 2018
• The Oscars are supposed to be a night for unabashed, cheesy ostentation!
  — Vulture, 10 Mar. 2023
• But ostentation, in the words of that old American clergyman, is the signal flag of hypocrisy.
  — John Hirschauer, National Review, 25 Sep. 2019
• Young leads a life notorious among the 49ers for its lack of ostentation.
  — Johnny Miller, SFChronicle.com, 12 July 2018
• Maybe that's why fans love them, despite their ostentation.
  — Emma Grey Ellis, WIRED, 26 June 2019
• Next comes must-have mob wife ostentation in the form of diamonds, pearls, and other gems placed atop the polish for maximum glam.
  — Marci Robin, Allure, 26 Jan. 2024
• Rain fell in the overnight hours with little ostentation but dogged persistence.
  — Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2021
• In the weird and cultish world of credit card ostentation, AmEx remains the ultimate status symbol.
  — Jennifer Surane, Bloomberg.com, 13 Dec. 2022
• There is leisure, by some assumed to be the basis of culture, by others to be a form of ostentation, not at all to be associated with culture.
  — Marilynne Robinson, Harper's magazine, 10 June 2019
• But among the event’s ostentation, one aspect was noticeably modest: the royal garb.
  — Katie Thornton, The Atlantic, 26 Sep. 2022
• So, like any sneaker that cranks itself to 11 on the ostentation scale, these Raf x Adidas sneakers fit best with wide-leg trousers that can stand up to all that extra real estate on your feet.
  — Jake Woolf, GQ, 7 Mar. 2018
• The main difference between the old and the new is a shift away from ostentation and toward a discreetly refined simplicity.
  — Lucy Alexander, Robb Report, 23 Mar. 2024
• By the early 1990s, the ostentation of Dallas, Dynasty, and their many imitators had paled into a punchline.
  — Joanna Scutts, Curbed, 14 Aug. 2019
• Once upon a time, horseless carriages were a luxury item, crafted from the finest of materials to wrap an owner in wealth and ostentation.
  — Jack Stewart, Wired News, 11 Mar. 2018
• Quite often, those investments include yachts and jets, some of which are marvels of luxury and ostentation.
  — Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2021
• There was no pretense or ostentation here, no fancy finger work for its own sake, just jazz standards dispatched simply and directly, with very little fuss and a great deal of warmth.
  — Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com, 23 June 2017
• The interiors are relatively forgettable but in a town marked by ostentation, the crowd counts for more than the surroundings.
  — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 19 May 2022
• Sir Hugh Casson, the director of architecture at the 1951 Festival of Britain, was the perfect candidate, with his modern eye and lack of ostentation.
  — Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor, 8 Nov. 2022
• In a music world that so often prizes volume and ostentation above all else, Riccards — who moved from New York to Chicago in 2011 — represents a welcome alternative.
  — Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com, 11 May 2017
• There is no swimming pool, none of the ostentation that characterizes other narco properties in Sinaloa.
  — AndrÉs Villarreal, Chron, 14 Sep. 2021
• Sunday afternoon at Walt Disney Concert Hall, his arm movements lacked ostentation and could barely be seen from behind.
  — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2023
• Free of crowds, ostentation, tracts of cookie-cutter condos and franchise mall fare like Nordstrom and Forever 21, Telluride is independent and feels that way.
  — Alex Bhattacharji, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Dec. 2018
• The Sun King inherited his flair for ostentation from his Medici great-grandmother, Catherine.
  — Caroline Weber, Town & Country, 30 Oct. 2022
• Our narrator writes with playful ostentation about subjects that demand it.
  — Katy Waldman, Slate Magazine, 31 May 2017

Last Updated: 20 Dec 2024