Sentences with phrase «as ostentation»

Just as ostentation as its design and pilot, Hot Scramble Gundam is set to dazzle with its array of fantastic attacks.

Not exact matches

«He's an egomaniac devoid of all moral sense» ---- said the society woman dressing for a charity bazaar, who dared not contemplate what means of self - expression would be left to her and how she would impose her ostentation on her friends, if charity were not the all - excusing virtue ---- said the social worker who had found no aim in life and could generate no aim from within the sterility of his soul, but basked in virtue and held an unearned respect from all, by grace of his fingers on the wounds of others ---- said the novelist who had nothing to say if the subject of service and sacrifice were to be taken away from him, who sobbed in the hearing of attentive thousands that he loved them and loved them and would they please love him a little in return ---- said the lady columnist who had just bought a country mansion because she wrote so tenderly about the little people ---- said all the little people who wanted to hear of love, the great love, the unfastidious love, the love that embraced everything, forgave everything, and permitted everything ---- said every second - hander who could not exist except as a leech on the souls of others.»

The freakish prosperity of the eighties permitted all sorts of excess in terms of salaries for beginners, overstaffing cases, and even interior decoration — as law firms, like the nobles of San Gimignano, tried to outdo each other in ostentation.

It's the Sand Pebbles school of ostentation, such an anomaly in the early supernova of the New American Cinema as to be, despite its somewhat ambiguous resolution and cruel violence, an exact cast - fossil replica of David Lean's epic yawners.

The same formula is applied today as it was nearly 25 years ago — a big, quiet, cushy, V -8-powered sedan that does things well and with minimal drama, but whose main goal is isolation and precision, not passion or ostentation.

As a gaggle of glitzy Maldives newcomers clamour for attention, vying to outdo each other for ostentation and outrageous pricing, one company is setting itself apart with a refreshingly different approach — creating an outstanding, authentic Maldives experience that gives guests more of what they want, rather than simply milking as much money as possible from theAs a gaggle of glitzy Maldives newcomers clamour for attention, vying to outdo each other for ostentation and outrageous pricing, one company is setting itself apart with a refreshingly different approach — creating an outstanding, authentic Maldives experience that gives guests more of what they want, rather than simply milking as much money as possible from theas much money as possible from theas possible from them.

A painting of a wedding cake serves as a reminder of the pronkstilleven, or «still life of ostentation,» as the epitome of good taste, wealth and sophistication.