Not by nature courageous, he had steeled himself to conspicuous acts of rare courage.
Paul's name was originally Saul, and he was conspicuous at first as an active persecutor of the little band of disciples after the crucifixion.
Mary's red hair always made her conspicuous at school.
The list hits most of the marks you expect it would, but there are some conspicuous absences-most notably, the Great Gatsby.
ONE of the most conspicuous and advantageous departures from the so-called rules of warfare is the independent action of men acting separately against men huddled together in a mass.
In 2004, the contradiction between the demand and the supply of energy in China became more conspicuous and Chinese energy industry undertook great pressure and fierce challenge.
This degraded position of the woman, especially conspicuous among the Greeks of the heroic and still more of the classical age, has gradually been palliated and glozed over, and sometimes clothed in a milder form; in no sense has it been abolished.
Slaves were the most conspicuous and valuable such property.
But moths survive by being camouflaged, and [ladybugs] survive by being conspicuous and telling birds not to eat them.
His absence was conspicuous at the huge celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of North Korea’s founding. They included a vast militia parade on September 9th.
The “go-global” pace of China's private economy has been undergoing a conspicuous acceleration.
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