luxuriate
verb (used without object)
to enjoy oneself without stint; revel.
had luxuriated
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past perfectof luxuriate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Humiliation In Providence, because Barber Philip Reitano shaved off Francesco Mastrostefano's moustache, which had luxuriated "continuously and undipped for . . . more than 47 years," Francesco Mastrostefano sued Barber Reitano for $2,000.
From Time Magazine Archive
Good Mrs. Brandon had harbored the pickets of both armies again and again, and had luxuriated in real coffee and tea and priceless salt at the hands of our officers.
From Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War by George Washington Cable
Since the tenants had discovered that they had a sympathetic listener in her, they had luxuriated in the pouring out of their sorrows.
From A Manifest Destiny by Julia Magruder
"Why—a—I've so lately dined," replied Titmouse, alluding to the brace of biscuits on which he had luxuriated several hours before.
From Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. by Samuel Warren
Oh, she had fought against it at first, but lately she had luxuriated in it.
From The Chalice Of Courage A Romance of Colorado by Cyrus Townsend Brady
