How to Use blatant in a Sentence

blatant

adjective
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  • He showed a blatant disregard for the safety of other drivers.
  • Even the New Right of the early 1960s banished the blatant antisemites.
    — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 25 Apr. 2023
  • This is just another blatant move to try and prevent the will of the people.
    — Brittany Shepherd, ABC News, 16 June 2023
  • For those who understand the context, the irony is blatant.
    — Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022
  • There are laws on the books banning blatant abuses, but they’re rarely enforced by the cops.
    — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 4 July 2022
  • But a large share of the disdain for the court stems from its blatant ethical lapses.
    — Norman J. Ornstein, The New Republic, 11 Sep. 2023
  • There’s a very blatant blanket of fantasy over the whole thing.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 28 Oct. 2022
  • The blatant ironies of this cat-and-mouse game might be amusing if human lives weren’t involved.
    — Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 8 Jan. 2024
  • All of that is bad enough, but in many ways, this situation is worse and more blatant.
    — Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 8 Nov. 2022
  • An even more blatant miss arose in the final minute at Lambeau Field, where the Chiefs were trying to rally.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Clearly, Kerr is hoping the game won’t be decided by a foul called as the result of a blatant flop.
    — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 May 2023
  • Second, the Mavericks were blatant about their intentions to tank at the end of the season.
    — Diego Lasarte, Quartz, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The lies were so blatant that many in the mainstream media could not bring themselves to spin for Fetterman.
    — John McCormack, National Review, 26 Oct. 2022
  • There is not a shred of doubt that these blatant acts of aggression fit the legal criteria of war crimes.
    — Foreign Affairs, 27 Oct. 2023
  • In an act of blatant discourtesy, the 20-year-old reporter-in-training pulled out the mobile phone and answered it.
    — Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Feb. 2023
  • The venue in this case may account for a blatant dialing up of the play’s emotional volume.
    — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 24 June 2022
  • Angie stared at Jean with blatant disgust, then blinked hard.
    — Hannah Gold, Harper’s Magazine , 26 Oct. 2022
  • Freeze’s hire is just a more blatant example of a larger issue, Moss said.
    — al, 1 Dec. 2022
  • But for her part, the singer didn’t internalize the industry’s blatant bias.
    — Helena Andrews-Dyer, Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Even when the agency finds them at fault for blatant violations of the law, sanctions do not follow.
    — Rachel Axon, USA Today, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Their love and blatant choice to be happy is part of the reason people seem to be drawn to their growing social media platforms.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Some true stories are stranger than fiction, and some stories are blatant fiction — but all of them need music.
    — Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Even if Kahan hadn't cited Mumford & Sons as a muse, the influence is blatant.
    — Journal Sentinel, 12 Feb. 2023
  • Instagram punished blatant ads early on for going against the spirit of the platform, but that was then.
    — Taylor Lorenz, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Or the blatant product placement for Burger King jalapeño poppers.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 26 July 2023
  • Which is what Trump endures; which explains the blatant weight whopper on his arrest report.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Morant has violated and displayed a blatant disregard for the league’s code of conduct for the second time.
    — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 14 May 2023
  • The efforts to keep Mr. Trump off the 2024 presidential ballot are a blatant attempt to subvert the will of the people and a terrible folly.
    — WSJ, 9 Jan. 2024
  • The briefcase remains close to Putin at all times but rarely has ever been shown – especially in such a blatant and focused way.
    — Peter Aitken, Fox News, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Gurianov was given a trial to no avail, and the hole looks like a blatant one as the Stars play their way into contender status in the Western Conference.
    — Dallas News, 11 Dec. 2022

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