The birds that lived on the huge cathedral itself had the greatest attraction for me; and here the daws, if not the most numerous, were the most noticeable, as they ever are on account of their conspicuousness in their black plumage, their loquacity and everlasting restlessness.
"Afoot in England"
W.H. Hudson
She was not the sort of girl to like conspicuousness or notoriety, and she flatly refused when the float was first brought to her attention.
"The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories"
Charles Weathers Bump
It was only a bluebird's feather, but Alan had set it in a place of conspicuousness just above the fireplace.
"The Desert Valley"
Jackson Gregory