How to Use flamboyance in a Sentence

flamboyance

noun
  • Who balanced high style with a splash of flamboyance?
    — Laurie Brookins, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The hair is shorter; the golf hat has shrunk; the wardrobe has lost its flamboyance.
    — Bill Pennington, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2018
  • Welcome to the pink pad, where many things are pink, flamboyance is key, and textures are of the essence.
    — Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 10 Sep. 2020
  • Over the past week, New York sizzled with flamboyance and joy.
    — Ian Malone, Vogue, 27 June 2022
  • Both artists recognize there is far more to these gems of the baroque vocal art than mere flamboyance.
    — John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com, 8 Apr. 2018
  • Then, disturbed by a grazing vicuña, the flamboyance, as a flock of flamingos is known, took off.
    — Mark Johanson, Travel + Leisure, 29 July 2023
  • Such flamboyance is uncommon in a country where even very rich men often keep a low profile.
    — Yuri Kageyama, The Seattle Times, 18 Sep. 2018
  • Lamar, known for eschewing flamboyance and excess, was largely alone on stage.
    — Atlanta Life, ajc, 17 July 2017
  • The arrogance, the flamboyance, the power – my hat’s bigger than your hat.
    — Will Tizard, Variety, 7 July 2022
  • The conversation is so normal and soft, which belies the over-the-top flamboyance of the film.
    — Janet Kinosian, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Pro wrestling has always mixed flamboyance and might — and fashion, certainly, in a campy, spandex kind of way.
    — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 18 Dec. 2025
  • For the next month, all eyes will be on you, so embrace flamboyance with big hair, animal prints, and plenty of bold choices.
    — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 29 June 2018
  • And aside from his two-door Mercedes coupe, Clark refrained from outward flamboyance.
    — Marc Ramirez, Dallas News, 22 Oct. 2020
  • His flamboyance never tips into caricature, and along with wit and warmth there is real pain.
    — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 16 Apr. 2026
  • He, at least, was hired as a clerk in a bank and became known, if not for sartorial flamboyance, at least for correctness.
    — Meryle Secrest, WSJ, 5 Apr. 2018
  • Yet even as the twists kept coming, the thriller outline was wrapped in the deadpan camp of desperate-housewives flamboyance.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Into Action gala on Wednesday, the night was as pink as a flamboyance of flamingos.
    — Ian Malone, Vogue, 3 May 2019
  • In the shot, Hedlund holds his little boy on his hip as the pair stands behind a fence to admire a flamboyance of flamingos.
    — Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com, 21 Mar. 2022
  • Todd Phillips, a one-time purveyor of boys-will-be-boys frat comedies, can’t seem to embrace the flamboyance of the genre.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Even that barometer of flamboyance -- The Plain Dealer -- makes a cameo in the film.
    — John Petkovic, cleveland.com, 14 Sep. 2017
  • Drinking, flamboyance, and film- and music-making bloomed.
    — Diana Arterian, Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026
  • And the wetlands around Mumbai, India turn pink as a flamboyance of flamingos arrives to feed.
    — CNN, 5 May 2020
  • For the next month, all eyes will be on you (naturally), so embrace your flamboyance through big hair, animal prints, and lots of bold choices.
    — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 29 June 2018
  • His production, built for speed and farcical flamboyance, threatens to spin out of control but keeps its eye on the prize of social justice.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Then, by the time Charles II was restored to the throne in 1660, flamboyance reached a new high.
    — Aubrey Almanza, Allure, 18 May 2018
  • In all, the atmosphere is convivial and unshowy, despite the flamboyance of Gehry’s swooping lines.
    — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 22 May 2017
  • In an era of flamboyance and extravagance amongst footballers, the Spurs midfielder's choice to wear all-black boots was lauded.
    — SI.com, 9 Oct. 2017
  • Back in the 1990s, this kind of rapping — the type that calls attention to its own flamboyance — used to be prized and rewarded.
    — Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2019
  • The flamboyance, militance, and violence of the 1960s left might not have worked right away, after all.
    — Samuel Goldman, The Week, 6 Jan. 2022
  • Anthurium, bird of paradise, and flowering ginger were top choices for adding a touch of floral flamboyance that could match the vibrant decor of the times.
    — Tovah Martin, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Dec. 2022

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