How to Use conspicuous in a Sentence

conspicuous

adjective
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  • The sign was placed in a very conspicuous spot.
  • The bird has a conspicuous red head.
  • There were a number of conspicuous changes to the building.
  • She felt very conspicuous in her pink coat.
  • The business was a conspicuous success.
  • He was uncomfortable about his conspicuous weight gain.
  • But the list does not include one particular nation, one that is so very conspicuous by its bsence.
    — Eli Amdur, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
  • Toward the end of last month, a major right-wing summit in Hungary had a conspicuous guest.
    — Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2021
  • In this gallery of woeful men, the one who displays the hardiest core of virtue amid his many conspicuous failings is Carrouges.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2021
  • At Moody, the chorus (except for one conspicuous tenor) and orchestra string players were masked.
    — Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 15 Sep. 2021
  • The ring is almost more conspicuous in its absence from the Bennifer reunion, like Chekhov’s gun waiting to fire.
    — Zoe Haylock, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2021
  • But in 2021 its absence on the services used by hundreds of millions of listeners was conspicuous.
    — Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2021
  • Members are often conspicuous, with full-body tattoos and pinkies amputated by the mob as punishment for wrongdoing.
    — Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2021
  • Most conspicuous in short supply are screen stars and major behind-the-camera talent who would normally support slate presentations with in-person star power.
    — Robert Marich, Variety, 24 Aug. 2021
  • Retail and food options are similar to other malls, visitors pointed out while also noting a conspicuous number of still-vacant storefronts and an absence of shoppers.
    — Ron Hurtibise, sun-sentinel.com, 18 Sep. 2021
  • In the long term, though, the most conspicuous effects of the IoT will be in how the world works.
    — The Economist, 12 Sep. 2019
  • In fact, there was a conspicuous lack of them at the piers that day.
    — Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Sep. 2021
  • Most conspicuous of all are the glinting hobnails in the sole of the boot on the left.
    — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2019
  • The change in tone and the loss of shame and guilt in her last novel are conspicuous.
    — Ankita Chakraborty, Longreads, 8 June 2018
  • The heroine of the piece is a naked mole rat named Sweety, a conspicuous weirdo.
    — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 26 Apr. 2019
  • But the split with the golfers born after 1985 could not be more conspicuous.
    — New York Times, 18 Feb. 2022
  • The movie is at its best when those traces are most conspicuous.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2019
  • But cheers came from a conspicuous corner of the world.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2022
  • But over the past two to three years, consumers have seen a conspicuous shift in the look of the poinsettia.
    — Adrian Higgins, kansascity, 14 Dec. 2017
  • So far, the fight over fur has been far more conspicuous.
    — J. David Goodman, New York Times, 14 July 2019
  • Leafy greens are a conspicuous absence from most of the book’s recipes.
    — Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 18 Apr. 2018
  • Of course, the most conspicuous visual changes are right in the cockpit.
    — Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 26 Jan. 2023
  • But conspicuous in their absence are the bulk of the leaders of the world’s major economies.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2023
  • But as the death count in city jails rose to 14 this year, the board’s inaction was conspicuous.
    — New York Times, 8 Nov. 2021
  • Some have criticized such a conspicuous display of wealth amid worsening income inequality in India, where almost half the population lives on less than $3.60 — the poverty line defined by the World Bank.
    — Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 12 July 2024

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