Example sentences for: tacky

How can you use “tacky” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Thomas Sancton, Paris bureau chief of Time magazine, told the Daily Telegraph , "What is tacky is the amplification given to this book on Fleet Street, particularly by the tabloids."

  • To a cheesy fashion spread featuring Mick Jagger's daughter, the NYT Magazine appends a tacky postscript: a hymn to the Rolling Stones' fashion sense from designer Tommy Hilfiger, who just happens to be the sponsor of the band's current tour.

  • You can find myriad copies of ancient pieces — from obelisks to pyramids — and incredibly kitsch and tacky copies of Ancient Egyptian artifacts such as Tutankhamun’s mask, but also wonderful hand-carved vases, bowls, and urns.

  • The hotel is a hothouse maze: The tacky décor is oppressive, the images shot a little too close, the camera angles skewed to induce vertigo.

  • Among the subjects he touches on in his poem are street crime, unemployment, the degradation of the welfare system, tacky urban renewal projects, overcrowding, high rents and unscrupulous landlords, noise, vehicular traffic, congestion, even problems of immigration and integration.


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