Sentence examples for but overtly from inspiring English sources

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Worse, they were not discreetly neglectful but overtly so.

The study showed that gay male representation is improving on our screens but overtly camp gay men are still portrayed as the standard, particularly for comedy.

The report found that gay male representation is improving on TV, but overtly camp gay men were still depicted as the norm, especially in comedy scenarios.

To mention his daughters and their school to promote gun freedom reflects an organization that is no longer just tone deaf to the vast majority of Americans, but overtly defiant.

For the first time in Bristol there will be armed police on the streets - not covertly in plain cars, but overtly where the people of St Paul's can see the protection and where the gangsters can see the threat.

Fascism may have won the battle of intimidation on the field, as Pozzo had said, but it would soon lose the war and the black shirt and Roman salute be consigned to one of the World Cup's and Fifa's least edifying but overtly political moments.

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Sexy but not overtly so, successful but not decadent, Day is easy to relate to, kindhearted but no patsy.

Then he realized how different Cornell's work was: romantic, not sardonic; sensual but not overtly sexual; sophisticated but unearthly.

VW's managers are being cagey but not overtly hostile.

Michele's clothes are pretty but not overtly sexy.

The ads are sexy, but not overtly decadent.

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