BLATANT in a Sentence

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For BLATANT, below is one of 13 sentences:
To the unemployed youth from Dublin, the "No Irish Need Apply" placard in the shop window was a blatant mark of prejudice.

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 Meanings and Examples of BLATANT
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blatant
 a.  flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
Classic Sentence:
1  Armed and valiant, bold and blatant, firm elatant--the popular march tune rang in his head.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 8
2  "Firm, elatant, bold and blatant," etc.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 10
3  Within the limits of his short tether he had tumbled about, annihilating the flowers of existence with greater singleness of purpose than many of the blatant personages whose company he kept.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER I
4  He had a grudge and a grievance: that was obvious to any true-born English gentleman, who would scorn to let such a thing appear blatant in his own demeanour.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
5  The blatant soldier often convulsed whole files by his biting sarcasms aimed at the tall one.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
6  He had been used to regarding his comrade as a blatant child with an audacity grown from his inexperience, thoughtless, headstrong, jealous, and filled with a tinsel courage.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 14
7  Scarlett thought for an instant that if she had not flirted so blatantly with Stuart at that political speaking a year ago, he might have married India long ere this.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
Example Sentence:
1  The Advertising Standards Authority accused estate agents of using blatant untruths.
2  The delegation submitted a memorandum to the Commons on the blatant violations of basic human rights.
3  His treatment of his secretary was a blatant example of managerial arrogance.
4  Outsiders will continue to suffer the most blatant discrimination.
5  To the unemployed youth from Dublin, the "No Irish Need Apply" placard in the shop window was a blatant mark of prejudice.
6  It became blatantly obvious to me that the band wasn't going to last.