How to Use gaudy in a Sentence

gaudy

adjective
  • They bought the house for a gaudy sum.
  • The showgirls wore gaudy costumes.
  • Those gaudy numbers came on top of fast agility times.
    — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 25 Sep. 2025
  • DeRozan has put up a raft of gaudy numbers over the past few games.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Apr. 2021
  • Perhaps that's why no team has some sort of super-gaudy record at the break.
    — Tim Reynolds, Star Tribune, 10 Mar. 2021
  • The Racers live up to their name with fast pace and gaudy point totals.
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2026
  • But that case would have been stronger with a win and gaudier statistics.
    — The Athletic Nfl Staff, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
  • In this gaudy new tabloid landscape, George made a place for itself.
    — Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Soto’s stats were even gaudier.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Moïse’s has an unusually gaudy, even trashy, nude above his bed.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 10 Mar. 2022
  • Debate is supposed to be a gaudy, brash show, a game of big winners and big losers.
    — Talya Zax, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2026
  • The question is whether KU will cover the gaudy spread.
    — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Some of the students were mesmerized by his gaudy clothes and fancy car.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2022
  • That plus a slight regression in one-score games means this fall’s record may well not look as gaudy as last year’s.
    — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 15 May 2026
  • The Tigers piled up gaudy stats Saturday.
    — Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Which players will be the next figures to make noise with gaudy testing numbers?
    — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Even more so, the master bedroom, a shock of gaudy bad-taste bordello style.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Sep. 2023
  • The idea of stuffing a casino in a place already buzzing with hordes of tourists and gaudy lights made sense from afar.
    — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Some are diamond-studded and gaudy.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Its gaudy purple flowers are double-tiered and are always present on a plant that grows one foot tall.
    — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 28 Feb. 2026
  • The hosts mustered a gaudy six shots on target in the first half, but neither team could put one on the scoreboard.
    — Kevin Johnston, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Sep. 2020
  • But there are gaudy wedding palaces and dress shops for the middle class, along with pool halls, gyms, and hairdressers for young men.
    — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022
  • The Indians have posted gaudy numbers of their own this year.
    — cleveland, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Cooper wasn’t the only receiver with some gaudy numbers in this one.
    — David Moore, Dallas News, 27 Dec. 2020
  • The gaudy number didn’t take a corresponding toll on the Cards.
    — Shannon Russell, The Courier-Journal, 2 Dec. 2020
  • Wear nothing that's gaudy or shiny, which could distract the interviewer from your eyes.
    — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 12 July 2020
  • The Arizona sunset was gaudy, coral stripes across a darkening sky.
    — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2022
  • Those are not gaudy stats, but Moore’s leadership is arguably the biggest part of his game.
    — Chris Hays, orlandosentinel.com, 13 Mar. 2021
  • If the Razorbacks hadn’t had a 10-minute drive to end the game, the stats would have been more gaudy.
    — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Oct. 2022
  • However, this gaudy fern is high on the list of shade plants in garden centers now, so take advantage.
    — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2021

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