How to Use chintzy in a Sentence

chintzy

adjective
  • The boss is chintzy about raises.
  • These feel ornate but not stuffy, floral but not chintzy.
    — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The chintzy couches of centuries past went straight out the door.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2021
  • The rule is a chintzy keyboard line and some haunted-house sounds.
    — Brad Sanders, Pitchfork, 8 June 2026
  • This isn't your chintzy golf club with lawn chairs and marble fountains.
    — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 18 June 2026
  • Some faux fur pillows may have a tendency to look cheap and chintzy, but this one looks anything but.
    — Jennifer Carmichael, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Too bad the shift-knob casing felt chintzy and the plastic panels below the belt were shoddy.
    — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 22 Jan. 2018
  • Much of it seems pretty chintzy, and none of it really goes together.
    — Adam Ismail, The Drive, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Think of Succession, but in the guise of a chintzy, 90-minute horror movie.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 22 Aug. 2019
  • Lori Graham is not chintzy by nature, but the designer hates to see clients waste money.
    — Gregory Cerio, ELLE Decor, 26 June 2009
  • Some complain soccer is a chintzy distraction from the sophistry of our ruling classes.
    — Sean Williams, The New Republic, 10 July 2018
  • For one, the chintzy plastic in the headband has been replaced with sturdy anodized aluminum.
    — Wired, 15 Oct. 2019
  • Wallpaper, wild and chintzy, would play a starring role—everywhere.
    — Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Then there’s the chintzy poster, all smiling movie-star faces looking in every single direction.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 21 June 2018
  • Only problem is the price — $65 is a whole lot of money for a piece of paper in a chintzy wooden frame.
    — Chris Kohler, WIRED, 18 June 2010
  • The print seats on the family room's corduroy sofa aren't just my typical chintzy thing — the clients have pugs who hop up there.
    — Douglas Brenner, House Beautiful, 4 Aug. 2013
  • The centerpiece of her home’s library is a chintzy ottoman with a pink, cream and green print replete with a ruffle along the bottom.
    — New York Times, 16 Aug. 2022
  • These are not pretty, chintzy designs referencing a pastoral idyll.
    — Literary Hub, 11 May 2026
  • The old woman ushers them warmly into her home, leading them through a chintzy hallway toward a living room door.
    — Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Here were decadent yet chintzy nostalgia pieces with delusions of forward momentum.
    — Darren Franich, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2025
  • There’s just something about repackaging cinematic grandeur in a chintzy tech package that lets all the air out of the balloon.
    — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Large plastic panels below the arm rests on the doors feel chintzy, as do the slide-out cup holders and storage area below the center console.
    — Steven Ewing, Ars Technica, 6 Nov. 2023
  • The quality of the voice acting and animation helps, too, even if the story itself is a rather chintzy affair.
    — Mark Walton, Ars Technica, 21 June 2017
  • The idea is truly one-of-a-kind pieces alongside its own in-house brand, making lingerie special and bespoke, not chintzy and disposable.
    — Hannah Morrill, Marie Claire, 8 Mar. 2021
  • There was no new music to be débuted, nor any theatrical hijinks or chintzy conceptual overlays.
    — Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Instead, the staging came off as chintzy, with two go-go dancers/backing singers and a trio of musicians supplemented by backing tracks.
    — Greg Kot, chicagotribune.com, 9 Nov. 2019
  • The pieces include sweet drapey sweaters, pants and bodysuits dotted with prints straight from chintzy childhood blankets, as well as kittens cozied up together on a silk skirt.
    — Violet Goldstone, Footwear News, 28 Mar. 2025
  • There are clean lines for the modernist chintzy florals for the grandma-core enthusiast, and there’s high-gloss earthenware for an artisanal touch.
    — Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 7 Jan. 2026
  • But come fall, anyone who’s ever bought a school supply—even a chintzy, plastic protractor—might feel a stirring of initiative in their sunburned loins.
    — Wsj Off Duty Editors, WSJ, 10 Sep. 2022
  • British designer Richard Quinn has been designing full-face coverings for quite some time, albeit in more soothing prints, like chintzy florals.
    — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2021

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