3 sentences with 'ostentatious'

Example sentences and phrases with the word ostentatious and other words derived from it.

• « A black austere dress was associated with Calvinists, who rejected ostentatious dress and decoration. »

• « Women were expected to be frugal managers of households and, in theory, were to avoid ostentatious displays. »

• « Despite the injunction to live simply and avoid luxury, many priests (and monks and nuns) were greedy and ostentatious; »

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