Sentence examples for a bit tacky and from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "a bit tacky and" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is considered to be in poor taste or overly showy, often in a light-hearted or informal context.
Example: "The decorations for the party were a bit tacky and not what I expected."
Alternatives: "somewhat gaudy" or "a little cheesy."

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It all felt a bit tacky and directionless.

"Isn't it a bit tacky and weird and embarrassing?" But his descriptions of how the women transformed as they performed took the tackiness clean away.

All the individual pieces, like the custom sofa, the mica coffee table and blue lamps, are so much nicer than the pieces in Bush's Oval Office, which were a bit tacky and hotel-like.

Discussing explicit sexual acts in your poem is a bit tacky, and might be off-putting to the recipient.

If you don't want to throw out the pods, then you can leave them in the vodka but after a fair while they may get a bit tacky and start disintegrating (this is in the range of many months later).

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Other than that, we got on very very well.' She has even forgiven him for claiming they were never married, that their wedding in Bali was a sham, though she drawls: 'I thought that was a bit tacky after 23 years and four children.

Paraben-free, the scent is pretty nice and although texture wise a bit tacky, it sinks right in and leaves skin feeling silky.

The pitch was a little bit tacky and they bowled very well in those two hours so we had to bat very well.

Here it seems overdone and a bit tacky.

I found all those matryoshka dolls and churches a bit tacky, but they helped sales.

"It's a bit tacky isn't it, to go and try to make a profit out of other people's misery," he said.

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