Sentence examples for make a conspicuous from inspiring English sources

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

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.

(Imagine: a car dealer with no cars to sell!) Mr. Luzi agreed to let me take a two-hour spin, while pointing out that the car was in great demand: Television news crews were calling, and Mayor Willie Brown of San Francisco was planning to make a conspicuous drive of the same Sparrow to City Hall.

(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.

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.

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.

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".

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.