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The only man who had a bathroom in Blackstable was Mr. Wilson, and it was thought ostentatious of him.

He rode his new bicycle up and down in front of our house in an ostentatious way.

Despite their prices, Bristol cars are not ostentatious, which seems to be part of their appeal.

It was thought ostentatious of him.

Tom rode his new bicycle up and down in front of Dick's house in an ostentatious way.

Materialism is merged with a lifestyle that includes love, an ostentatious existence in which emotions in relationships can be experienced.

Yet , within a few years, Chinese society had begun to glamorise wealth and the most ostentatious forms of consumption .

THE HOST: And I've heard that they are looking for a more Western-style ostentatious wedding, the big white dress wedding.

Also, now that you don't have a list of 'fans' quite a bit ostentatious elements that were previously part of having a page is gone.

In a sort of ostentatious way, he drew back his coat sleeves, seized a bill of fare, and scanning the drink-list on the back.

I thought he was just being ostentatious by giving orders to people and all the different departments. What big shoes to fill!

For such a purpose frees a man from trouble, and warfare, and all artifice and ostentatious display.

performing numerous ostentatious rituals productive of good birth, wealth and power insuring sense enjoyment and worldly pleasures.

It is no surprise that the ostentatious happiness from material is doomed to decay as quickly as the material itself.

Bert, my boyfriend had said that my tiara was ostentatious, so, not wanting to appear to have bad taste, I decided to wear my hat instead.

Their daughter was ostentatious on her wedding reception.

Lavish lifestyles and ostentatious displays of wealth are responsible for a huge portion of carbon dioxide emissions.

He believes the growth of interest in limited editions is partly due to the reaction in recent years against ostentatious labels.

Which is to say that that ostentatious flag-raising ritual was not entirely useless.

At the very center of the palace was, of course, Louis' bedroom, a massive and ostentatious room.

Wildly ostentatious events are out of fashion , unless they are philanthropic . Greed is discreet .

Their elaborate designs and hues are deliberately ostentatious to ward off potential predators, a tactic called aposematic coloration.

In this case, their literature reading orientation will reflect notable features of popular culture, an ostentatious reading character.

One of the most flamboyantly wealthy and ostentatious reigns in the country 's history .

The trend to celebrate the end of primary school in such an ostentatious way is new to us .

Beware of the lure of ostentatious techniques too. Flashy tricks will not make your point stronger.

In Europe, the Orient Express earned a reputation for ostentatious luxury and spawned several rivals.

If consumers espouse frugality instead of ostentatious spending, Amex wants to be there.

Illusion of luxury, richness ostentatious, precious carelessness.

In France Muslim headscarves, along with all ostentatious religious symbols, have been banned at state schools since 2004.

Green plants were replaced with golden- or yellow-leafed ones; vegetables and herbs were ousted by ostentatious peonies and roses.

They were exact in outward ceremonies, diligent in washings, fastings, and long prayers, and ostentatious in almsgiving.

Scruffy trousers, jeans, ostentatious jewelry and outrageous hair styles and colors are strictly banned.

Amazingly, all such ostentatious job fairs were held around unattractive construction sites.

Even when the emotion seems justifiable, ostentatious displays of resentment are a grim thing to behold.

The current South African president, Jacob Zuma , has also made ostentatious shows of reverence to "Madiba" .

The singers carry the musical instrument to go out the ostentatious bar street wearily, returns to nearby own den to drink eats meal.

Can someone make sure this article appears in a very ostentatious and prominent fashion on Bush's desk this morning?

"They are not ostentatious and there's often a play of light and joyful pure colours. They have broad appeal. "

Officials from all of Spain's big parties are being investigated for corruption, but the PP cases reveal a taste for ostentatious luxury.

Luxury re-defined, not as ostentatious but rather intelligent and understated.

Showy OR gaudy decORation; ostentatious OR pretentious show.

She carried her car keys on an ostentatious gold key ring.

Rock 'n' roll joints, pool halls and the most ostentatious restaurant in the whole of Beijing make this gritty area a must-see.

In person he comes over as soft- spoken, dresses simply and eschews ostentatious ties.

A ostentatious and inappropriate display of learning.

It is not, however, the most ostentatious house on the reservation.

The bounder's ostentatious life showed his inanition.

ostentatious He was vain and ostentatious.

But Russians are increasingly unhappy with the wide gaps between an ostentatious oligarch class and the millions who live in poverty.

Given to ostentatious display; showy.

Many Chinese say Mr. Chen's high-profile hand-outs are ostentatious.

Ancient Greek gardens were far less ostentatious and more closely bound up with religion.

Ostentatious : Before every time move bowels necessarily and first put 3 ring fart.

in the less ostentatious house , no . 2 was a mystery.

People tend to want to sensationalize the images and thereby make my clients look like they are ostentatious.

She is too ostentatious, unmindful , apropos each other can be manacled without place.

Although he had advised against ostentatious behaviour, Confucius had never been a puritan and he abhorred asceticism

Therefore. has turned around. the shell shade is more and more clear. is the ostentatious retreat. he has changed. changes maturity.

From a position of ostentatious piety, Mr Mashai clearly feels he has the licence to behave provocatively.

At that time of she, didn't be so many ostentatious, should is oneself of thing, all from oneself be responsible for.

Leos like chocolates that are a little ostentatious, for example those with complimentary tobacco, wine, trinkets and so on.

Appearing ostentatious isn't a faux pas in China, it's often the goal.

In China, the glitterati often shun ostentatious displays of wealth because they fear triggering resentment from the masses.

Ten years later it banned all "ostentatious" religious signs, including the veil, from state schools and other public buildings.

dressed (up) like a dog's dinner (Brit. informal)wearing ridiculously smart or ostentatious clothes

First, an ostentatious displays of wealth. The extensive use of precious materials, filled with decorative color brighter;

Ostentatious conception and innovative duty