Example : Meretricious relationships.

Example : A flash car.
A flashy ring.
Garish colors.
A gaudy costume.
Loud sport shirts.
A meretricious yet stylish book.
Tawdry ornaments.

Synonyms : brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy

Example : The gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility.
Meretricious praise.
A meretricious argument.

Synonyms : gilded, glossy, specious