sumptuous

Example Sentences

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Her production of “Ragtime,” with its sumptuous score by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens, had nary a weak link in a cast of characters among the most expansive in the recent annals of musicals.

From The Wall Street Journal

Its tone suggests sumptuous ripeness from the top of its range to bottom.

From Los Angeles Times

Netherlandish painting is renowned, in part, for its masterly representation of fine fabrics, ornate glass and other sumptuous materials.

From The Wall Street Journal

It is grim, sure, but Tracy’s sharp humor and Lanthimos’ snappy pacing and typically sumptuous style lend an amiable quality to such a dismal story.

From Salon

The playing was sumptuous but formal and distant.

From Los Angeles Times