| By the beginning of the twentieth century the representative symbols of luxury and ostentation had come full circle. |
| It is clear that these costumes were worn as tokens of stately ostentation and to display the authority of the wearer. |
| Complaining about this kind of ostentation, and this evidence of conspicuous consumption, of course makes one sound like Scrooge. |
| After all, ostentation and luxury do not translate into a truly modern city. |
| Unusually for a hotel of such quality, Pool House is run almost entirely by the charming owner family, and without a hint of ostentation. |
| The pomposity and ostentation of the rich seems to heighten the sense of our ultimate worthlessness. |
