be conspicuous
Frequency: 8.015.1 per million words
to be very noticeable or easy to see
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Examples (10)
- His bright red car is conspicuous in the office parking lot.
- The new building was rather conspicuous against the old architecture.
- Wearing that feathered hat, you will be conspicuous at the party.
- He tried not to be conspicuous, but his towering height made it impossible.
- The sign was highly conspicuous, designed to attract immediate attention.
- A spy's first rule is to never be conspicuous in a crowd.
- Her exceptional talent was conspicuous from a very young age.
- Isn't that bright yellow coat a little too conspicuous for a funeral?
- The errors in the financial report were so conspicuous that they were spotted immediately.
- The lone skyscraper is conspicuous on the city's otherwise flat skyline.