extravagancy
noun
extravagancies
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pluralof extravagancy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Long gone are the extravagancies of Granit Xhaka, in exchange for a far more acceptable and even-tempered Rice, who is a far better footballer anyway.
From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2024
But Venus Observed is modern, sophisticated, drawing-room bred, .and its ironies, at times, stare down its extravagancies as arrant trespassers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Such extravagancies cannot but detract from scientific validity.
From Time Magazine Archive
The revenue was, as usual, unequal to meet the extravagancies of the royal family, and so was added every succeeding year an increase to the already immense "NATIONAL DEBT."
From Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte by Lady Anne Hamilton
These and the like defections, on the one hand, together with many extravagancies on the other, have brought the godly into many confusions.
From Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies by John Howie
