"The insolence of wealth and the garishness of its marts are disappearing," I told her.
"A Top-Floor Idyl"
George van Schaick
It was that stagnant hour of the twenty-four when the practical garishness of Day, having escaped from the fresh long shadows and enlivening newness of the morning, has not yet made any perceptible advance towards acquiring those mellow and soothing tones which grace its decline.
"Desperate Remedies"
Thomas Hardy
This was not a pleasant, cleanly, nor beautiful locality, and by contrast with it, even the garishness of the cheap New York theatre seemed fine and glorious.
"The Sport of the Gods"
Paul Laurence Dunbar