Sentence examples for conspicuous among from inspiring English sources

The building was uncomfortably conspicuous among its drab, largely commercial neighbors.

Conspicuous among the plants of the region are the eucalypti, myrtles, acacias, and casuarinas.

Despite itself, punk had acquired its own clichés and mythologies; conspicuous among its freedoms is the freedom to self-destruct.

Despite itself, punk acquired its own clichés and mythologies, and conspicuous among its freedoms is the freedom to self-destruct.

Most conspicuous among the missing are Ford's first all-talking feature, "The Black Watch" (1929), and the submarine drama "Men Without Women" (1930).

Most conspicuous among the winners was Viola Davis, the first woman of colour to win best actress in a drama series.

Modesty is not a conspicuous characteristic among publishers, Mr. Graham said, especially among "us natural-born publishers," inheritors of newspapers.

Aside from economic unavailability of luxuries such as spices, decrees outlawed consumption of certain foods among certain social classes and sumptuary laws limited conspicuous consumption among the nouveau riche.

Another was Olivier Messiaen, the most conspicuous absentee among recent composers with whom Mr. Serkin has been most closely associated.

A second major difference between the vascular plants and bryophytes is that the larger, more conspicuous generation among vascular plants is the sporophytic phase of the life cycle.

Moreover, the very competitiveness that had traditionally marked the senatorial aristocracy ensured the spread of cultural innovations and new forms of conspicuous consumption among the elite.