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Recent Examples of tinselly
The precocious designer became a supernova thanks to continuous toil in a tinselly milieu that prizes leisure and luxury.
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Brenda Cronin, WSJ, 17 Feb. 2023
Brenda Cronin, WSJ, 17 Feb. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tinselly
Adjective
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Meg lived in a somewhat offbeat district, but the tall shabby houses, some of them painted in garish colours, were soon left behind and gave place to discreetly glistening cream or white facades behind one of which Leonora lived.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
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That character is Mike Tyler (Chris Evans), a Hollywood star recovering from a recent nervous breakdown and attending a garish eco-friendly charity party for the super-super-rich that’s being held in a fantastically austere Greek mine.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Beck’s numbers through three starts with the Canes aren’t as gaudy as Ward’s were in wins over Florida, Florida A&M and Ball State a year ago, but the competition has been better, and his completion percentage is higher.—
Manny Navarro,
New York Times,
14 Sep. 2025
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The Tigers piled up gaudy stats Saturday.—
Maddie Hartley,
Kansas City Star,
14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The formula melts into skin well and didn’t leave me feeling tacky or sticky.—
Ariana Yaptangco,
Glamour,
18 Sep. 2025
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Can beneficiaries open talks or is that tacky?—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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As a result, Common Sense Media argues that there should be robust age-verification regulations put on social-media companies, to make sure that children are not being inundated with lurid content at all hours of the day.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
17 Sep. 2025
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Brian De Palma's lurid, almost feverish depiction of the bullying and abuse that Carrie White (Sissy Spacek) suffers at school and at home manages to feel empathetic rather than exploitative.—
James Grebey,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Robert Irwin spent three weeks leading up to his Dancing With the Stars debut far from the glitzy Hollywood dance floor.—
Rachel Chang,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Sep. 2025
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One way that the Marcoses managed their reputation at home and abroad was through glitzy events that projected the Philippines as a booming, modernized state.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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From the clattering dishes, to the kitschy decor, to staple breakfast fare, to a barebones website, the OPH harks back to diners of old.—
Greg Mellen,
Oc Register,
19 Sep. 2025
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Attractions include kitschy traditions such as a butter-sculpting demonstration, in which a master carver crafts a bust of the winner of the annual Princess Kay of the Milky Way pageant, and the Miracle of Birth Center, displaying pens of expectant farm animals.—
Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Gloriosa daisies are a type of black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) with showy, daisy-like flowers from summer into fall.—
Mackenzie Nichols,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 Sep. 2025
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There isn’t much in Aaron Sorkin’s script that rings the slightest bit true — this is a very movie version of the military — but Reiner is smart enough to simply hand the wild, showy moments to Tom Cruise and Demi Moore and (especially) Jack Nicholson and get the hell out of their way.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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For once in your tawdry, obese life, do the right thing.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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Some of the settings are extremely well chosen and designed, particularly the tawdry Taco Hut law offices (in contrast to the chic modernity of the Tinsley Britt workplace) and a dingy seaside diner where people keep having meetings.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Tinselly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tinselly. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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