Example Sentences

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It all makes quite the spectacle, but this fight does not need such lavishness.

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2024

The light, absurd comedy, which gently mocks the lavishness of other musicals, premiered in 1994 at the American Repertory Theatre and was close to making it to Broadway.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 29, 2023

It didn't feel that it was a time for for lavishness.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2023

One is a window into the rural South during the Great Depression while the other is a window into the over-the-top lavishness money offers those who, like Elvis, may have not had much growing up.

From New York Times • Nov. 1, 2022

The luxuriance of his fancy occasionally betrays him into far-fetched conceits, and the lavishness of his epithets is only redeemed by their exquisite felicity.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various