How to Use gaudy in a Sentence

gaudy

adjective
Definition of gaudynext
Synonyms for gaudynext
  • They bought the house for a gaudy sum.
  • The showgirls wore gaudy costumes.
  • DeRozan has put up a raft of gaudy numbers over the past few games.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Apr. 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
  • Perhaps that's why no team has some sort of super-gaudy record at the break.
    — Tim Reynolds, Star Tribune, 10 Mar. 2021
  • Some might say the G63 Grand Edition is glitzy, but others might call it gaudy.
    — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 28 June 2023
  • 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
  • The gaudy number didn’t take a corresponding toll on the Cards.
    — Shannon Russell, The Courier-Journal, 2 Dec. 2020
  • The Aztecs are 47th and behind four other Mountain West teams with gaudy records that have played no one.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Dec. 2022
  • 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
  • Some of the students were mesmerized by his gaudy clothes and fancy car.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2022
  • Even more so, the master bedroom, a shock of gaudy bad-taste bordello style.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Which players will be the next figures to make noise with gaudy testing numbers?
    — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Those are not gaudy stats, but Moore’s leadership is arguably the biggest part of his game.
    — Chris Hays, orlandosentinel.com, 13 Mar. 2021
  • Even in an era of gaudy wealth and shifting alliances in golf, Trump remains, for now, a measure too much for many.
    — Alan Blinder, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The Indians have posted gaudy numbers of their own this year.
    — cleveland, 7 Nov. 2022
  • There’s so much gaudy poetry in the Showtime moniker — it’s not just a game, but a bombastic show!
    — Nina Metz, chicagotribune.com, 7 Mar. 2022
  • The offensive numbers for Gilbert may never look as gaudy as the game's top outfield prospects.
    — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The LEDs can be gaudy or, worse, intrusive, and can be hard to disable or customize.
    — Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 18 Aug. 2022
  • The Arizona sunset was gaudy, coral stripes across a darkening sky.
    — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2022
  • This time there was a 28-point lead at the end of the third quarter against the Memphis Grizzlies and no need to pad their already gaudy numbers of clutch and five-point games.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Beside him stood a toy horse and a selection of gaudy sombreros for children to wear astride the spotted steed.
    — Christopher Sherman, ajc, 25 June 2023
  • At least the Texas tuner's livery isn't as gaudy as the one Ford offers on the regular Raptor R's bedsides.
    — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 20 Dec. 2022
  • The numbers were gaudy and game stress was minimal, but none of that mattered to Hoover players and coaches.
    — Dennis Victory, al, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Moïse’s has an unusually gaudy, even trashy, nude above his bed.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 10 Mar. 2022
  • That’s a whole lot of power and because of that, the P900 Rocket Edition can put up some truly gaudy numbers.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2022
  • His numbers on A-Day, with the offense keeping it pretty vanilla, weren’t gaudy.
    — Tom Green | [email protected], al, 19 Apr. 2021
  • And when Future isn’t flashing his gaudy jewels inside the club, he’s draped in fur, rapping in front of a torrid ball of fire.
    — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 29 Nov. 2022
  • And the hotel’s holiday flourishes are not gaudy, nor kitschy, Ms. Maier said.
    — Sadiba Hasan, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2023
  • The typical housewife’s wardrobe is packed with in-your-face labels, audacious colors, and gaudy jewelry.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 6 Nov. 2023

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