Sentence examples for showy that from inspiring English sources

But Rome is sporting some contemporary threads, chic without being showy, that blend well with the familiar ones.

Set decorating should never steal thunder from actors, nor should it ever be so showy that you're looking at the furniture rather than the action".

It's never so showy that it distracts from Tempest's voice – it doesn't really do choruses – but equally, it's never mere background music.

It's never so showy that it distracts from Tempest's voice – it doesn't really do choruses – but equally, it's never mere background music.

Mind you, there's still something irritating about the way nobody can move a chair without making a song and dance about it, and the 75 minutes is so wordy and visually showy that were it to last much longer the audience might expire from sensory overload.

"There's a genuine feeling of mourning, that's not a formality, that's not showy, that's not outward-focused, but rather completely intimate," the former national assembly president Ricardo Alarcón said on state television on Sunday.

Mr Murdoch has a record of making big, showy deals that turn sour.

Cucurbitaceae such as cucumbers, squash and melons have large showy trumpets that are either female or male.

The weakest outcome for the EU would be division, but showy action that gets nowhere would be pointless too.

Yet this is achieved without the showy intensity that usually emanates like waves of radiation from actors who portray the Thane of Cawdor.

The catalpa, an underused tree with beautiful large leaves, produces long showy pods that dangle from the bare branches all winter.