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conspicuous (in something offensive) without any attempt at concealment- So blatantly obvious, right in front of my face.Pittacus Lore -- I Am Number Four
- I take the blatant disregard of such a statute quite seriously, Emperor Kaito.Marissa Meyer -- Cinder
- This, Paul thought, was nothing more than blatant harassment.Stephen King -- Misery
- Tribal rivalries that had been buried under the iron-fisted domination of Akar Kessell resurfaced in the form of blatant mistrust.R.A. Salvatore -- The Crystal Shard
- This is blatant obstruction.Eoin Colfer -- Artemis Fowl
- Third, at the same time they picked this man up their air and fleet units were harassing our fleet in the most blatant and aggressive manner.Tom Clancy -- The Hunt for Red October
- IT WOULD HAVE BEEN TOUGH TO GO AND JUST blatantly shoot people in Iraq.Chris Kyle -- American Sniper
- You honestly think she's using illegals that blatantly?J.D. Robb -- Immortal in Death
- He could not be that blatant, but perhaps some were clever enough to take the lesson.George R.R. Martin -- A Clash of Kings
- The red zone is considered just to be a blatant sexual remark, like Check him or her out, or Ij)ok what they have there, or / want to get some of that.Robert MacNeil and William Crane -- Do You Speak American?
- On coming to Baltimore, I was shocked by the blatant racism candidly expressed daily in our new neighborhood.Russell Baker -- Growing Up
- He was strong-willed and blatantly possessive, throwing back at me an image of that possessiveness which was flowering in me more fully every moment.Anne Rice -- Interview with the Vampire
- I never would have thought that a freethinker like Settembrini could submit to such blatantly Spanish requirements and vows.Thomas Mann -- The Magic Mountain
- The action was unprecedented; no one had ever seen stewards treat a trainer with such blatant distrust.Laura Hillenbrand -- Seabiscuit
- 'Blatant corruption!' roared the portrait of the corpulent, red-nosed wizard on the wall behind Dumbledore's desk.J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- He stopped, raising his eyebrows in blatant disbelief.Stephenie Meyer -- Twilight
- In Plaszow, I would have been shot or at least lashed for such a blatant infraction, for being "a lazy and irresponsible" Jew.Leon Leyson -- The Boy on the Wooden Box
- The guy behind the wheel was blatantly staring at us.Sarah Dessen -- This Lullaby
- Uncertainty filled me more strongly than before and I decided to press ahead with no more blatant risks.Patrick Rothfuss -- The Name of the Wind
- "Hey?" cried the blatant Stryver.Charles Dickens -- A Tale of Two Cities