| Plural | ostentations |
I don’t like the ostentation of their expensive life-style.
emphasizing straightforwardness and rejecting embellishments, ostentation and argumentum;
The wealthy couple's ostentation was evident in their extravagant mansion.
She flaunted her wealth with unnecessary ostentation, trying to impress others.
The ostentation of the event was overwhelming, with flashy decorations and expensive catering.
He disliked the ostentation of the award ceremony, preferring a more low-key celebration.
The ostentation of the celebrity's lifestyle was a facade hiding inner insecurities.
The ostentation of the hotel's lobby was designed to impress guests upon arrival.
She rejected the ostentation of designer labels, preferring simple and understated fashion.
The ostentation of the royal family's lifestyle was a subject of public fascination.
The ostentation of his success was a way to mask his feelings of inadequacy.
The ostentation of the event overshadowed its true purpose and message.
Germans usually expect to read about such clerical ostentation in history books about the Reformation.
But it was about more than the ostentation of wealth, the trappings of status.
He studied diligently, without any difficulty and without the slightest ostentation, receiving gold medals for his compositions.
He avoided the Colonel's appealing looks without ostentation, and selected another cheroot with more than usual care.
His way of living, as well as that of Hippias and Protagoras, two other eminent teachers of those times, is represented by Plato as splendid, even to ostentation.
On the contrary, he would have despised any ostentation of expense; his profession had familiarized him with all grades of poverty, and he cared much for those who suffered hardships.
Nothing in it ever changed—neither the people, nor the family portraits, nor the heavy furniture and ugly plate, nor the vulgar ostentation of riches, nor the lifeless aspect of everything.
A hospitality in which there is no luxury, and a liberality in which there is no ostentation, occasion, in this situation of things, the principal expenses of the rich and the great.
Their wealth would alone excite the public indignation; and the vanity which almost always accompanies such upstart fortunes, the foolish ostentation with which they commonly display that wealth, excite that indignation still more.
But the instances, I believe, are not very numerous, of people who have been ruined by a hospitality or liberality of this kind; though the hospitality of luxury, and the liberality of ostentation have ruined many.
I don’t like the ostentation of their expensive life-style.
emphasizing straightforwardness and rejecting embellishments, ostentation and argumentum;
The wealthy couple's ostentation was evident in their extravagant mansion.
She flaunted her wealth with unnecessary ostentation, trying to impress others.
The ostentation of the event was overwhelming, with flashy decorations and expensive catering.
He disliked the ostentation of the award ceremony, preferring a more low-key celebration.
The ostentation of the celebrity's lifestyle was a facade hiding inner insecurities.
The ostentation of the hotel's lobby was designed to impress guests upon arrival.
She rejected the ostentation of designer labels, preferring simple and understated fashion.
The ostentation of the royal family's lifestyle was a subject of public fascination.
The ostentation of his success was a way to mask his feelings of inadequacy.
The ostentation of the event overshadowed its true purpose and message.
Germans usually expect to read about such clerical ostentation in history books about the Reformation.
But it was about more than the ostentation of wealth, the trappings of status.
He studied diligently, without any difficulty and without the slightest ostentation, receiving gold medals for his compositions.
He avoided the Colonel's appealing looks without ostentation, and selected another cheroot with more than usual care.
His way of living, as well as that of Hippias and Protagoras, two other eminent teachers of those times, is represented by Plato as splendid, even to ostentation.
On the contrary, he would have despised any ostentation of expense; his profession had familiarized him with all grades of poverty, and he cared much for those who suffered hardships.
Nothing in it ever changed—neither the people, nor the family portraits, nor the heavy furniture and ugly plate, nor the vulgar ostentation of riches, nor the lifeless aspect of everything.
A hospitality in which there is no luxury, and a liberality in which there is no ostentation, occasion, in this situation of things, the principal expenses of the rich and the great.
Their wealth would alone excite the public indignation; and the vanity which almost always accompanies such upstart fortunes, the foolish ostentation with which they commonly display that wealth, excite that indignation still more.
But the instances, I believe, are not very numerous, of people who have been ruined by a hospitality or liberality of this kind; though the hospitality of luxury, and the liberality of ostentation have ruined many.
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