Sentence examples for were conspicuous for from inspiring English sources
Dead and dying insects of various species were conspicuous for about two weeks after the treatment.
But most of the pre-revolutionary 1970s were conspicuous for their listlessness, too.
Yet for a while she was celebrated in reading America, and in the smart lesbian literary Paris of the 20's, ruled by Nancy Cunard, Djuna Barnes and Gertrude Stein, an epoch when the glamorous, literary, newly liberated americaines and anglaises were conspicuous for their witty talk, smart tuxedos and modernist works.
Hubert de Givenchy was conspicuous for his height and distinction.
IN THE end, it was conspicuous for the chuckles.
The flowers are conspicuous for their colour, fragrance, and nectar.
Unfortunately, the editorial was conspicuous for what wasn't mentioned: any discussion of new revenues.
Eugenides's two previous novels have been conspicuous for their narrative perspectives.
Among Soviet apparatchiks, he was conspicuous for his openness and even introspection.
The Spiriferida are conspicuous for the great elaboration of the spiral brachidium.
As world leaders debate the Syrian crisis, Europe's dominant power is conspicuous for its silence.
