ostentation - use in sentences

Adjective modifier

  • vain: He abhorred a vain ostentation of wit in handling sacred truths, so venerable and grave, and of eternal consequence.
  • vulgar: Hahn is one of those French composers such as Charpentier and Fauré who value clarity and good taste in preference to vulgar ostentation.

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