extravagance

Example Sentences

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When protests broke out to oust the Shah, she showed up for her community, a tightknit cluster of graduate students who were frustrated by his extravagance and tyranny.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

To anyone who disagreed with the need for a ship, Del Toro would explain that it was not an extravagance.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

He says most buyers are not chasing extravagance as much as efficiency.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026

Nonetheless, Woohoo has resonated with customers accustomed to the lavish offerings of Dubai, a tech-forward megalopolis with a proclivity for extravagance where AI has its own minister.

From Barron's • Nov. 30, 2025

The brutal extravagance of this matched by the savage economy of that.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy