splurge
Example Sentences
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You learn where splurging matters to you — good olive oil and great bread, perhaps — and where frugality feels easy rather than punitive.
From Salon
The splurge is starting to show up in economic data.
The disco lights, which were splurged out on for these European nights, flashed towards the Frenchman.
From BBC
“Yep. Mom splurged. Got me a haircut at an actual salon too.”
From Literature
Valdivia and his wife love splurging on vacations and Tai Chi classes, but they often still find themselves pinching pennies.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
