FLAGRANT in a Sentence

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Example sentences for FLAGRANT, such as:

1. The attack on civilians is a flagrant violation of the peace agreement.
2. I longed all at once to insult them all in a most flagrant manner and then go away.
3. A chauvinist cannot recognize any faults in his country, no matter how flagrant they may be.

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 Meanings and Examples of FLAGRANT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
flagrant
 a.  obvious and offensive, blatant, scandalous; flaming into notice
Classic Sentence:
1  The injustice of his sentence was very flagrant; all Paris was indignant; and it was judged that his religion and wealth rather than the crime alleged against him had been the cause of his condemnation.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 14
2  It was a dreadful picture of ingratitude and inhumanity; and Anne felt, at some moments, that no flagrant open crime could have been worse.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 21
3  I longed all at once to insult them all in a most flagrant manner and then go away.
Notes from the Underground By Feodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: IV
4  So flagrant became the political scandals that reputable men began to leave politics alone, and politics consequently became disreputable.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In IX
Example Sentence:
1  The governor's appointment of his brother-in-law to the State Supreme Court was a flagrant violation of the state laws against nepotism.
2  A chauvinist cannot recognize any faults in his country, no matter how flagrant they may be.
3  The attack on civilians is a flagrant violation of the peace agreement.
4  The judge called the decision "a flagrant violation of international law".