FLAMBOYANT in a Sentence

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1. Their shows are always incredibly camp and flamboyant.
2. Freddie Mercury was a flamboyant star of the British hard rock scene.
3. Modern architecture has discarded the flamboyant trimming on buildings and emphasizes simplicity of line.

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 Meanings and Examples of FLAMBOYANT
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flamboyant
 a.  elaborately or excessively ornamented
Classic Sentence:
1  He could no more resist pricking the conceits, the hypocrisies and the flamboyant patriotism of those about him than a small boy can resist putting a pin into a balloon.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
2  The river road led past rocky field slopes, deep glens, woods flamboyant now with September, to Mendota, white walls and a spire among trees beneath a hill, old-world in its placid ease.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
Example Sentence:
1  Freddie Mercury was a flamboyant star of the British hard rock scene.
2  Their shows are always incredibly camp and flamboyant.
3  Modern architecture has discarded the flamboyant trimming on buildings and emphasizes simplicity of line.
4  Accustomed to the severe lines of contemporary buildings, the architecture students found the flamboyance of baroque architecture amusing.