opulence
Example Sentences
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Roughly 90 percent of the UAE's population consists of foreigners and Dubai is its biggest city, with a carefully curated image for opulence and glamour.
From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026
He warned it would paint an image of "opulence".
From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025
That Rococo quartet, completed in 1755, is a survey in the soft opulence of the style, filled with idealized nature, rich fabrics and scenes of courtly romance.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
President Donald Trump hosted a “Great Gatsby” themed party for Halloween, complete with tuxedos, flapper dresses, jazz covers and cocktails that evoked the opulence of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Roaring Twenties.
From Salon • Nov. 2, 2025
Compared to the bleakness outside those windows, the opulence felt like a slap to the face.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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