How to use flagrantly in a sentence
10 example sentences · adverb
Flagrantly means in a flagrant manner. Example: “The novel was a flagrantly scabrous bodice-ripper, and Rachael was ashamed to read it in public.”
More sentences with flagrantly
- The novel was a flagrantly scabrous bodice-ripper, and Rachael was ashamed to read it in public.From the entry scabrous
- Montreal constitutional lawyer Julius Grey told the Vancouver Sun that Bill 78 was "flagrantly unconstitutional".2012 May 24, Adam Gabbatt, “Canada student protests erupt into political crisis with mass arrests”, in the Guardian. From the entry contravene
- West served up another fungo pass which Ulrichs flagrantly stole from Minisi on the 4.1946 September 13, Lee A Gould, “Princeton 17, Pennsylvania 14”, in Princeton Alumni Weekly, volume 47. From the entry serve up
- The only crime was in being detected too flagrantly and redhandedly.1946, Reuben Lukens Underhill, From Cowhides to Golden Fleece, →ISBN, page 21. From the entry redhandedly
- She disports herself flagrantly in the public eye, and there is no keeping her out of grown-up company or conversation.1922 April 16, Margaret O'Leary, “More Ado About the Flapper”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry flapper
- But just because the tabs are often flagrantly dishonest (in more expensive papers you get a better class of dishonesty) doesn't mean they're always wrong.2010 November 8, Michael White, “It is silly for liberals to pretend that no one plays the benefit system”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry tab
- Condrip's interior, even by this best view of it and though not flagrantly mean, showed itself as a setting almost grotesquely inapt.1902, Henry James, The Wings of the Dove. From the entry ancientry
- So flagrantly did these gentlemen miswield the “running iron,” that several States eventually forbade its use by anybody, and everywhere its mere possession gave rise to suspicion.2007, Philip Ashton Rollins, The Cowboy, page 183. From the entry running iron
- Stay away from the client or taxpayer who conceals, pads, overstates or understates, alters, duplicates, overfoots or underfoots, diverts, manipulates, omits, falsifies and flagrantly disregards the IRS regulations.1980, The CPA Journal - Volume 50. From the entry underfoot
- The competent quoteman, no matter how eager he is to outwit his opponent, will have neither the need nor the inclination to stoop to contextomy of the flagrantly mendacious sort.1967, Paul F. Boller, Quotemanship: the use and abuse of quotations for polemical and other purposes, page 286. From the entry contextomy
Meaning of flagrantly
- adverb In a flagrant manner.
Questions about flagrantly in a sentence
- How do you use flagrantly in a sentence?
- Flagrantly is used as an adverb. For example: “The novel was a flagrantly scabrous bodice-ripper, and Rachael was ashamed to read it in public.”
- What is a short sentence with flagrantly?
- “The only crime was in being detected too flagrantly and redhandedly.”
- What does flagrantly mean?
- Flagrantly means in a flagrant manner.
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