Tobin had forbidden Rohan to pay all expenses himself; such blatant use of dragon wealth was unwise and, practically speaking, the school must be self-supporting.

Comics pastiches are blatant uses of swipes, cloning, and appropriation, usually using the same characters as the original source.

As for the blatant use of powers, they already know that I'm an evil Deryni sorcerer.

In 1960, Mr. Rhee was forced out of office and into exile after winning an election through blatant use of force.

He had seen all too often how blatant use of magics brought a wave of attackers from the Outside.

She was wise enough to realize that blatant use of the tremendous force at her command, the subjugation of mankind, would be foolish.

Since then, its sale and blatant use have generally remained in poor and working-class neighborhoods, according to the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration.

Though the blatant use of guest stars has sweeps written all over it, the tennis stars were funny and able to make fun of themselves.

The blatant use of copyrighted characters is no doubt what initiated legal action on the part of the owners.

But the publicity about her blatant use of these state dinners to court political supporters likely induced her to postpone publication until after the election was over.