overbright

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for overbright
Adjective
  • Neglecting the interior line has proven Buffalo’s most glaring issue.
    Tim Graham, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
  • The media maelstrom placed a glaring and unwelcome spotlight on the city.
    Max Levy, The Denver Post, 2 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The whiskey sits in its own category, so remove all expectations because it has been transformed in a pretty spectacular way.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 6 Mar. 2025
  • In just one week, skywatchers across North America will witness a spectacular total lunar eclipse, also known as a Blood Moon.
    Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 6 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Still, there’s great friction in this story line, because Bridger and Young’s dialogue is simultaneously so florid and pointed, and because the actors playing the Mormon baddies really gnaw on their villainy.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2025
  • But sentimentality suits Flanagan, whose florid writing style is well matched by the high-concept ideas explored here.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 1 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • So, if and when Stafford and Kupp are traded from Los Angeles, perhaps the new duo of Rodgers and Adams could team up with bright, young star Puka Nacua and the rest of the Rams’ squad that won a playoff game in 2024.
    Scott Thompson, Fox News, 26 Feb. 2025
  • The Kennedy Center is an American Jewel, and must reflect the brightest STARS on its stage from all across our Nation.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • First, Grant and Juliana get to try on a bunch of fancy clothes while sipping champagne.
    Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Some aircraft have coffee machines on board (for example, Flexjet’s fleet has Nespresso machines), but anything fancier than that might be better on terra firma.
    Nicole Trilivas, Travel + Leisure, 25 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The movie’s lurid hues come off as ominous intrusions, disturbances of the regular order.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2025
  • However, the lurid thoughts communicated in Johanne’s prose are enough to send Kristin and Karin into a spiral over how Johanne could possibly have come to felt this way.
    Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 24 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Image Those actions were, apparently, tawdry means to an end.
    Richard Fausset, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Managers leapt at the chance to democratize theater and shed the tawdrier aspects of its reputation, and pantomime was a great way to do so.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 18 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Teens and tweens get their own snazzy club lounges (called Vibe for teens and Edge for tweens), and babysitting is available in a nursery for babies and toddlers ages 6 months to 3 years, for a fee.
    Fran Golden, AFAR Media, 28 Jan. 2025
  • Another adorable moment happened with Craig's son, who was dressed in a snazzy suit for the occasion.
    Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Southern Living, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Overbright.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overbright. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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