Sentence examples for to conspicuous from inspiring English sources
adjective
Obvious or easy to notice.
- He was conspicuous by his absence.
Brazen showmanship has also given way to conspicuous displays of authenticity.
It's a glitzy, exciting, unapologetic place devoted to conspicuous, even grotesque consumption.
Giving money to charity is thus more akin to conspicuous consumption than it is to blatant benevolence.
I expect China, averse to conspicuous isolation, will eventually abstain on a new round of U.N. sanctions on Iran.
It seems because minority communities tend to be poorer, they end up devoting more of their resources to conspicuous consumption.
In Ms. Callaghan's view, there is more to conspicuous consumption than impressing friends and relatives, although that does not hurt.
"Today's a BMW day," purrs Zipcar, "Or is it a Volvo day?"New ways to show offAttitudes to conspicuous consumption are changing.
In other words, is Time Inc. a publishing house divided against itself for introducing a glossy, ad-fat magazine devoted to conspicuous inconsumption?
A monument to conspicuous consumption, it was filled with an endless catalogue of objects purchased simply because the Vanderbilts could buy them.
But some say the new attitude reflects a broader change in perspective when it comes to conspicuous consumption for young children.
Such is the case with Ms. Rossell's series of photographs of rich young Mexican women preening in homes that are monuments to conspicuous consumption.
