It is possible to be sentimental, meretricious and even downright dishonest in painting or in music.
出自: Rosemary ManningLike a stage set after the lights have been turned off, Key West had lost its meretricious charm.
出自: A. Lurie"meretricious relationships"
"a flash car"
"a flashy ring"
"garish colors"
"a gaudy costume"
"loud sport shirts"
"a meretricious yet stylish book"
"tawdry ornaments"
"the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"
"meretricious praise"
"a meretricious argument"