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How to use flamboyant in a sentence

31 example sentences · adjective, noun

Flamboyant means showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, style, etc.; ostentatious. Example: “The politician's address was so flamboyant as to be operatic.”

Examples of flamboyant by meaning

adjectiveShowy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, style, etc.; ostentatious.

  • When we see some of the monstrous and flamboyant blossoms that enrich the equatorial woods, we do not feel that they are conflagrations of nature; silent explosions of her frightful energy.1902, G. K. Chesterton, “The Optimism of Byron”, in Twelve Types
  • The unbelievers will say they are but words, but a slogan, but a flamboyant phrase.1962 May 12, Douglas MacArthur, Duty, honor, country

adjectiveReferring to the final stage of French Gothic architecture from the 14th to the 16th centuries.

  • The second is a chapel of two storeys, the lower dating from 1150, while the upper was rebuilt in the 15th century, and there is a rich Flamboyant entrance with a stairway (1533).1911, “Bruges”, in Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition
  • The nave and central tower, more flamboyant in design, were finished early in the sixteenth century after the original plan.1913, “Abbey of Saint-Ouen”, in Catholic Encyclopedia

nounThe royal poinciana (Delonix regia), a showy tropical tree from Madagascar.

  • The schooners moored to the quay are trim and neat, the little town along the bay is white and urbane, and the flamboyants, scarlet against the blue sky, flaunt their colour like a cry of passion.1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter 45, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC

More sentences with flamboyant

  • The politician's address was so flamboyant as to be operatic.From the entry operatic
  • Her latest winter-festive edit Painterly is a flamboyant reflection of this vision.2022 December 8, Priyamvada Rana, “Designer Payal Singhal’s latest edit Painterly will bring the gypset in you for destination weddings”…. From the entry gypset
  • Like brightly striped caterpillars and spiders, the flamboyant cuttlefish is warning potential predators of its toxic nature.2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 175. From the entry flamboyant cuttlefish
  • It is flamboyant yet unmemorable, like a screen saver, its refusal to freeze insuring instant amnesia.2012, A. Krista Sykes, Constructing a New Agenda: Architectural Theory 1993-2009, →ISBN. From the entry junkspace
  • Middle-aged men who embarrass their children with flamboyant dance moves now have the perfect excuse – evolution.2009 December 15, Matthew Moore, “‘Dad dancing’ may be the result of evolution, scientists claim”, in The Daily Telegraph, London. From the entry dad dancing
  • Perhaps nowhere else in insectdom is such an extravagantly flamboyant display of systemized pattern on parade.2008, Christopher Marley, Pheromone: the Insect Artwork of Christopher Marley, page 242. From the entry extravagantly
  • The women, the flamboyant cars, the phat mansions, the mad platinum jewelry.2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 52. From the entry phat
  • The flamboyant cuttlefishes (genus Metasepia) can flash contrasting patches of yellow, white, dark brown and red.2000, Mark Norman, Cephalopods, a World Guide: Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, Red Sea, Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean, Arctic, Antarctic…. From the entry flamboyant cuttlefish
  • One of their more flamboyant escapades has become a proud family legend.1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 10, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Bantam, published 1971, page 55. From the entry dido
  • She is a towering girl with a husky baritone voice and a friendly and flamboyant style.1964, Look, volume 28, page 338. From the entry towering
  • My mother was doing the unnervingly uncouth Asian squat—a deep, flamboyant squat, feet flat, weight fully on heels.2020, Lan Cao, Harlan Margaret Van Cao, Family in Six Tones: A Refugee Mother, An American Daughter, New York, NY: Viking, →ISBN, page 77. From the entry Asian squat
  • After a flamboyant snare drum roll intro, the catchy plinky-plonky piano melody is joined by lolloping xylophone and flutes.2016 October 31, Neil McKim, “80 Years of TV theme tunes”, in BBC Music Magazine. From the entry lollop
  • Just as flamboyant as his wife, Mr.2009, McKenzie MacLaine, Candy Skulls, page 241. From the entry for short
  • Unlike those flamboyant bowerbirds, a worm might simply decide that it is better off without us, and retire from public life.2007 April 22, Amy Stewart, “How the Worm Turns”, in New York Times. From the entry bowerbird
  • What could be more whimsical than Baked Alaska, the flamboyant assemblage of hot meringue and cold ice cream?1997, Sarah Eppenbach, Baked Alaska: Recipes for Sweet Comforts from the North Country, Anchorage, Ak.: Alaska Northwest Books, →ISBN. From the entry baked Alaska
  • Pryor's overfondness for medium-tempo shuffles can make his shows a little predictable, and his stage presence is more sincere than flamboyant.1997 July 4, David Whiteis, “Snooky Pryor”, in Chicago Reader. From the entry overfondness
  • He likes experimenting with flamboyant clothes!2023 February 8, Arwa Mahdawi, “People like Harry Styles don’t get awards? Pah!”, in G2 (w:The Guardian), London, page 3. From the entry regressive
  • In world full of gay drones on their merry way to normalhood, a gay flamboyant savior emerged to make us laugh and shriek with delight.2022, Justin Elizabeth Sayre, From Gay to Z: A Queer Compendium, page 43. From the entry normalhood
  • The 63 year-old Cratzbarg is known for his flamboyant personality and style, with his signature black-framed glasses, big watches and a silk pocket-handkerchief.2014 April 26, Julia McKay, “Scents and sensibility”, in The Kingston Whig-Standard, page A2. From the entry pocket-handkerchief
  • At the encore, “Fun Stix Party” devolved into a raucous, peppy shoutfest that was also the most technically flamboyant song of the night.2009 July 11, Jon Caramanica, “The New-Old Country of 3 Pixies From Dixie”, in New York Times. From the entry shoutfest
  • “The Ascent of Money,” based on his book of the same title, secures his position as television’s most flamboyant, showmanish public intellectual.2009 July 8, Ginia Bellafante, “Our Current Global Economic Crisis: The Prequel”, in New York Times. From the entry showmanish
  • In their dancing, clubbers were flamboyant.2002, Joseph A. Kotarba, John M. Johnson, Postmodern Existential Sociology, page 78. From the entry aerial
  • Parties given by the flamboyant rancher from Texas had been more crowded, more informal, more unpredictable, more lavish in the buffet, and more kissingly cordial.1993, Betty Beale, Power at Play, page 165. From the entry kissingly
  • Nor has he cultivated the kind of flamboyant style with which his country became well acquainted in larger-than-life leaders from Chiang Kai-shek to Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping.2007 December 31, Orville Schell, “Person of the Year Runners-up: Hu Jintao”, in Time, archived from the original on 11 Sep 2012. From the entry larger than life
  • Coccinelle, the flamboyant star of a female-impersonation revue at the Carrousel Club in Paris, recounted the saga of her physical transformation to Italiaan journalist Mario Costa.2001, Susan Stryker, Queer Pulp, page 82. From the entry Mario
  • She wore a simple black silk dress, perhaps in deference to Tilly's death, though the note of mourning was jarred by flamboyant aquamarine ear-rings and too much rouge.1956, Delano Ames, chapter 4, in Crime out of Mind. From the entry aquamarine

Meaning of flamboyant

  1. adjective Showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, style, etc.; ostentatious.
  2. adjective Referring to the final stage of French Gothic architecture from the 14th to the 16th centuries.
  3. adjective Of a blade: forged in a wavy, undulating pattern, like a flame-bladed sword or a kris.

Full definition of flamboyant

Questions about flamboyant in a sentence

How do you use flamboyant in a sentence?
Flamboyant is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “The politician's address was so flamboyant as to be operatic.”
What is a short sentence with flamboyant?
“He likes experimenting with flamboyant clothes!”
What does flamboyant mean?
Flamboyant means showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, style, etc.; ostentatious.

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