1 It was an era that suited her, crude, garish, showy, full of over-dressed women, over-furnished houses, too many jewels, too many horses, too much food, too much whisky.
2 With the glance the calm fixity of her features sublimed itself to an expression of refinement and warmth; it was like garish noon rising to the dignity of sunset in a couple of seconds.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 3: 3 The First Act in a Timeworn Drama 3 A few moments after he found himself on the stage amid the garish gas and the dim scenery, acting before the innumerable faces of the void.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James JoyceContext Highlight In Chapter 2 4 There were women in the mob near Decatur Street, garishly dressed women whose bright finery and painted faces gave a discordant note of holiday.