Example Sentences

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This wood-and-glass drip-cold-brew maker from Amazon, initially recommended by writer Sierra Tishgart, is a little splurgy, but will certainly help you craft those more nuanced flavors.

From Slate • Jul. 28, 2018

A slightly splurgy but chic set of minimalist highball glasses.

From Slate • May 10, 2018

Less frequent are the big splurgy parties, complete with animal when appropriate, with which he used to greet the beginning of a new zodiacal sign.

From Time Magazine Archive

One morning last month His Highness was shocked, enraged, at the sight of a splurgy front-page story in the Washington Post in which his recall to Belgium was "definitely forecast."

From Time Magazine Archive

I told her mother she ought to take that splurgy ring off the poor little thing's thumb.

From The Jimmyjohn Boss and Other Stories by Wister, Owen