Sentence examples for a conspicuous debt from inspiring English sources

"The Sea of Trolls" blends ancient history and Norse epics with recognizable bits of "Star Wars" and "The Lord of the Rings," which only makes sense, since both of those 20th-century sagas owe a conspicuous debt to the mythology of northern Europe.

After the world financial crisis, the Greek government's inability to repay its massive public debt made the nation a conspicuous example of the fallout.

A conspicuous disparity persists.

George is a conspicuous communicator.

(Daniel McGowan is a conspicuous McCartney look-alike).

A conspicuous absence of cigarette butts.

The study noted a conspicuous exception.

But there is a conspicuous difference.

There is a conspicuous lack of chardonnay.

Only taste is a conspicuous no-show.

This, too, was a conspicuous failure.