How to Use razzmatazz in a Sentence

razzmatazz

noun
  • There was a time when razzmatazz had no part in the proceedings.
    — New York Times, 2 June 2021
  • This year’s four-day, online-only gala was low on video game razzmatazz.
    — Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2021
  • There was enough razzmatazz to satiate this reporter’s inner child.
    — M.t. Richards, Chicago Tribune, 24 June 2023
  • The fireworks, the razzmatazz, the artifice do not add to the sense of occasion.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 27 May 2017
  • We're swept up in the razzmatazz and showmanship, making believers of us all.
    — Thomas Page, CNN, 19 Sep. 2021
  • Temptations to facile irony and other razzmatazz rob his style of precision.
    — Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 16 Aug. 2020
  • There was none of the kind of paraphernalia and operational razzmatazz that surrounds a lot of films of this scale.
    — Emily J. Lordi, Billboard, 21 Mar. 2019
  • Reuben knows all there is to know and flashes it with the hypnotic razzmatazz of a carnival barker, for nobody’s benefit but his own.
    — Jaimy Gordon, New York Times, 10 June 2016
  • Less glitz, less glamour, but also less of the gaudy cornball razzmatazz that often leads to impromptu embarrassment and painful jokes.
    — Gene Seymour, CNN, 26 Apr. 2021
  • The gravity and the razzmatazz can each have their say, in their own style, instead of fighting for dominance and airtime, and losing jointly.
    — New York Times, 2 June 2021
  • But American awards shows have much more razzmatazz, much more showbiz and perhaps a broader range of people being involved.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 21 Feb. 2023
  • But American awards shows have much more razzmatazz, much more showbiz, and perhaps a broader range of people being involved.
    — Manori Ravindran, Variety, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Boca foodie fans of Il Mulino also wanted some of that Broadway razzmatazz.
    — Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2024
  • And there’s a loose, jazzy verve to the production, a sort of sonic and visual razzmatazz that gives the film a fanciful Oceans 11-style gloss.
    — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Adrian LePeltier had old-school razzmatazz but was on the cutting edge of theme-park entertainment.
    — Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 14 July 2022
  • Looking for clues of Branson’s pre-razzmatazz past, Barger toured the limestone Marvel Cave, where her mom hung out.
    — National Geographic, 21 July 2020
  • Despite the unsettling subject matter there are also moments of charm, wit and even a razzmatazz number to act as a respite from the weight of grief, outrage and the ghosts of history.
    — Frank Rizzo, Variety, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The follies’ ensemble dance scenes with the whole cast intermittently provides the show with period fun and plenty of costuming razzmatazz.
    — Christopher Smith, Orange County Register, 30 May 2024
  • Today, travelers are looking for a break from reality more than ever, and the high-tech razzmatazz of the new mega-resorts is just the latest take on the escapist tradition.
    — Tony Perrottet, Travel + Leisure, 24 Apr. 2022
  • The World Football Cup is the antithesis of professional soccer’s razzmatazz.
    — NBC News, 9 June 2018
  • One way to break away from the addiction to the propagandizing and the razzmatazz is to start watching reputable newscasts and start reading reliable newspapers.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2022
  • The razzmatazz was lost last September during a largely virtual ceremony, but celebrities churned out looks to remember.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Sep. 2021
  • His 70th birthday was again marked by an international gathering of scientists in Cambridge, and also with some razzmatazz.
    — Martin Rees, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2018
  • The whole matter unraveled soon after the Bears concluded their hourlong dog-and-pony show filled with more razzmatazz than a Blue Man Group performance.
    — David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2024
  • Some seventy per cent of the company’s business was partnering with real-estate developers, equipping units with its electromechanical razzmatazz.
    — Patricia Marx, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Its market is far bigger and more creative, with tech firms blending e-commerce, social media and razzmatazz to become online-shopping emporia for 850m digital consumers.
    — The Economist, 30 Dec. 2020
  • The flaws and gaps in the Nobel prizes have been partially remedied by philanthropists who have established new prizes—some promoted with a razzmatazz that matches the Nobels, and with even bigger jackpots.
    — Martin Rees, Time, 27 Oct. 2022
  • If Cannes is the pinnacle of the international film calendar, the Academy Awards is the zenith of Hollywood razzmatazz.
    — Clive Martin and Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN, 15 June 2017
  • And the authoritarian military generals move in a combination of fascist goose-stepping and Broadway razzmatazz.
    — Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 10 Sep. 2019
  • On this smaller scale, Montes has nicely compensated with softer, more poignant imagery — the newly enslaved being stripped of their possessions is a particularly evocative touch — but all the razzmatazz is still missed.
    — Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 2 Oct. 2021

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