Example Sentences

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Affluent travelers, made wealthier in recent years by stock-market rallies and real-estate gains, have splurged on their stays with abandon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025

Higher-income consumers have splurged on beauty and skincare products even as higher borrowing costs and rentals squeezed household budgets, which has hit demand for other discretionary items such as athletic wear and accessories.

From Reuters • Aug. 24, 2023

The camera was the one place Murena seems to have splurged here, which COO Alexis Noetinger says was by necessity.

From The Verge • May 31, 2022

And the Public Investment Fund would have splurged even more, as it pursued more than the five deals it got over the line before Monday’s transfer cutoff.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 1, 2022

She should have splurged on a bit of ribbon.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson