extravagance

Example Sentences

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Trust that if you’ve never enjoyed your eggs with such extravagance and complexity, it will change your palate for the better.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 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

AFP reporters spent a night out on the town on a recent December evening to document a city known for its excess exploding into full-blown extravagance.

From Barron's • Dec. 22, 2025

They got rid of the extravagance favored by the monarchy.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby