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with os·ten·ta·tion

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of with ostentation in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of with ostentation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of with ostentation in a Sentence

  1. Manu:

    Pride not thyself on thy religious works, Give to the poor, but talk not of thy gifts: By pride religious merit melts away, The merit of thy alms, by ostentation.

  2. William Hazlitt:

    Fashon is the abortive issue of vain ostentation and exclusive egotism it is haughty, trifling, affected, servile, despotic, mean and ambitious, precise and fantastical, all in a breath -- tied to no rule, and bound to conform to every whim of the minute.

  3. William Hutton:

    The charity that hastens to proclaim its good deeds, ceases to be charity, and is only pride and ostentation.

  4. John Locke:

    Fashion for the most part is nothing but the ostentation of riches.

  5. William Penn:

    Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.

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    a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody
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