GARISH in a Sentence

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1. She wore a rhinestone necklace with an excessively garish gold lame dress.

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 Meanings and Examples of GARISH
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garish
 a.  over-bright in color; tastelessly showy
Classic Sentence:
1  It was an era that suited her, crude, garish, showy, full of over-dressed women, over-furnished houses, too many jewels, too many horses, too much food, too much whisky.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIX
2  With the glance the calm fixity of her features sublimed itself to an expression of refinement and warmth; it was like garish noon rising to the dignity of sunset in a couple of seconds.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: 3 The First Act in a Timeworn Drama
3  A few moments after he found himself on the stage amid the garish gas and the dim scenery, acting before the innumerable faces of the void.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
4  There were women in the mob near Decatur Street, garishly dressed women whose bright finery and painted faces gave a discordant note of holiday.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
Example Sentence:
1  She wore a rhinestone necklace with an excessively garish gold lame dress.