Sentence examples for overly fancy from inspiring English sources

'overly fancy' is a correct and usable phrase in written English
You can use it to describe anything that appears to be overly ornate or excessively elaborate. For example, "The birthday cake was overly fancy, with layers of intricate fondant decorations."

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Not an overly fancy building, not an overly fancy apartment".

They don't do anything overly fancy or intellectual, there's no wild saxophone solos or anything.

When he misses on an overly fancy reverse, he says, "That's doing too much; a dumb play by me".

Nothing is overly fancy here — short ribs with polenta, skate with cabbage, rabbit with spring vegetables — but it's just fancy enough.

Neither overly fancy nor overly casual, Boulevard Bistrot, 4319 Montrose, (713) 524-6922, attracts artists, society types and just about everybody else with its eclectic menu.

Our side featured good people arguing for real, mostly simple cooking done with fresh, well- raised ingredients, a retreat from convenience and overly fancy stuff and a return to the basics.

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While there's no need to weary your reader with elaborate or overly-fancy sounding verbs such as "inquired" or "questioned," you can occasionally use other verbs for a breath of fresh air.

Too fancy?

Morning Gloryville has tapped into the desire for partying as soon as you wake up, with only a spirulina smoothie for sustenance and a bunch of overly enthusiastic people in fancy dress spurring you on.

Not that we need to be overly impressed by a fancy school, but it's not a bad sign, anyway.

Dialogue tags don't need to be fancy or overly descriptive.

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