Sentence examples for made a conspicuous from inspiring English sources

When she came to see about handing her paintings, she made a conspicuous air vent into a trompel'oeil as Museum curator John Gordon watched.

This made a conspicuous contrast with Johnson's seemingly less urgent return from a summer break when the 2011 riots kicked off in the capital.

"It's true that Chelsea made a conspicuous offer, but I will not say how much it was," Galliani is reported to have said.

In May, propelled by record-breaking oil prices and public discontent, the prime minister made a conspicuous visit to Aberdeen to discuss what could be done to boost production.

And in his introduction to a suite from "My Fair Lady," Mr. Reineke made a conspicuous boo-boo; the show opened on Broadway in 1956, not 1965, as he announced.

As a part of his pitch to voters that Mitt Romney, a teetotaler Mormon, is different from most Americans, President Obama has made a conspicuous display of his own regular-guy fondness for beer.

(They blunder all the more absurdly as three white men making a conspicuous visit to an all-black neighborhood).

At full throttle, the cream puff makes a conspicuous noise, something akin to the Daytona Speedway on race day.

The April 6 Movement, a pivotal force in the uprising, was one of the few liberal groups to make a conspicuous presence on Friday.

In the middle of his speech, Mr. Christie seemed to acknowledge as much, making a conspicuous display of bipartisanship when he beckoned the two Democratic legislative leaders to the podium for what he called "a handshake of resolve and friendship".

However, as the enemy was outfitted in blue, the men mistook them for Union troops and withheld their fire, deciding instead to make a conspicuous feint to the east to reconnoiter the "just-in" rack at Marshall's.