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luxuriate

[luhg-zhoor-ee-eyt, luhk-shoor-] / lʌgˈʒʊər iˌeɪt, lʌkˈʃʊər- /


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There’s no evidence that this generation intends to make pining their only romantic activity; it’s more that they are very content, at the moment, to luxuriate in the many conduits for yearning available to them.

From Salon Feb. 21, 2026

Yet Mike and Claire embrace the cheese, luxuriate in it, like toddlers spinning around deliriously in their first snowfall.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 24, 2025

It’s about creating spaces where LGBTQ+ people can be visible but also feel safe to be in community, a moment to live without fear and luxuriate in collective joy.

From Slate Jun. 2, 2025

The camera moves just so, never racing or crawling, which allows you to luxuriate in the details that fill in the picture and deepen the realism.

From New York Times Jun. 6, 2024

They stay with me for minutes after I wake up and I luxuriate in them, but I forget them soon.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

Before Kercher’s murder corkscrews their story, “The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox” luxuriates in the postcard-perfect view from the apartment Amanda shared with Meredith and two Italian women.

From Salon Aug. 20, 2025

Rhys luxuriates in his solitude and lack of responsibility, detaching to such a degree that, in 2020, he’s largely unaware of the COVID-19 pandemic until his barber insists he don a mask.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 6, 2025

While many Hallmark movies are largely locked in, location wise, to Toronto and the rest of Ontario, “A Perfect Pairing” fairly luxuriates in Australia’s vineyard beauty.

From New York Times May 18, 2022

Main character though Meilin may be, Oh frequently luxuriates in the spotlight with a performance that will alarm anyone who’s ever wanted to vanish while watching their parents cause a scene in public.

From The Verge Mar. 7, 2022

He luxuriates in images of his royal majesty, of the angels who guard his divine right, and of his own pathetic and almost sacred sufferings.

From Oxford Lectures on Poetry by Bradley, Andrew Cecil

He said she was an "emotional parasite" who fed off the couple's despair and "luxuriated" in offering them false hope.

From BBC Nov. 6, 2025

Across from me, George Felix luxuriated in the vibes.

From Slate Aug. 11, 2025

Following the death of co-founder Andy Fletcher, Depeche Mode returned to L.A. for an emotional two-hour show that luxuriated in a sensual gloom.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 2, 2023

She luxuriated in other children’s mothers shampooing her hair before a school show.

From New York Times Apr. 10, 2022

In Beimt’s Palm Beach Hotel, I luxuriated in my first long sleep since I had left America.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

The couple will still be on a high after all the festivities and luxuriating in the afterglow of the love — and cash — bestowed upon them.

From MarketWatch Apr. 13, 2026

Far from luxuriating in a serene and pristine writing environment, Ms. Lewin reveals, Woolf worked amid “old nibs, bits of string, used matches, rusty paper-clips, crumpled envelopes, broken cigarette-holders, etc.”

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 27, 2026

Like everyone else at Crooked Con, Piker is luxuriating in what he thinks is a vibe shift.

From Slate Nov. 19, 2025

It begins innocently enough: the two sit down to steaks at Paddy’s, luxuriating in the rare act of sharing a proper meal.

From Salon Jul. 22, 2025

Whether it was staying with the boyfriend of the month, or in a foreclosed home, or luxuriating in a mothballed beach house, I’ve done fine.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman




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