Sentence examples for seem conspicuous from inspiring English sources
The rooster made of shells, the old pictures, even the bookshelves, no longer seem conspicuous to me, though the books do at times reproach me for my neglect.
Strokes of precision chefliness — for example, a deliciously fishy Provençale fish soup with no discernible fish in it — can seem conspicuous in a place where waiters take your wine hostage, and then suddenly sneak up to pour some of it in a glass you have just thirstily half-filled with water.
If you analyze the design deficiencies of the average cellphone, they are depressingly similar to those of a Royal Mail postbox, but the latter will be seen by millions of people, regardless of whether or not they actually use it, while the phone will seem conspicuous only to its luckless owner.
The children seemed as invisible as Cora now seems conspicuous.
In this strategic design their success now seems conspicuous.
Even well-heeled shoppers are wary of overspending or seeming conspicuous.
It was Dec. 23, just one month and one day after Fassel -- with his team in a descent that seemed conspicuous to everyone but him -- made his playoff guarantee.
What seemed conspicuous, in a foreshadowing of Ripleyesque moments to come, was the contrast between its utter economic vacuity and the great care given to the choice of typeface, its layout, and the design of its (meaningless) graphs.
This rigidity is having far-reaching consequences; in a recent article for the Guardian, Chaudhry argues that to reduce chances of radicalization, children need a "space to discover the inherent spirituality of Islam that seems conspicuous by its absence in the modern world".
This rigidity is having far-reaching consequences; in a recent article for The Guardian, Chaudhry argues that to reduce chances of radicalisation, children need a "space to discover the inherent spirituality of Islam that seems conspicuous by its absence in the modern world".
He's sporting the green, white and red of the Iranian flag painted on his face but, in trying to be unobtrusive, he only makes himself seem more conspicuous... and then you realise that "he" is a she, and the cap pulled over her head is a disguise to fool the security.
