was luxuriating
- past progressive of luxuriate.
Example Sentences
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Ms. Moreno, a 78-year-old retiree who was knocked over by a man riding an electric scooter a few years back, was luxuriating in the calm of her neighborhood.
From New York Times ● Sep. 1, 2023
Freddie Mercury was luxuriating in every gesture I spent years studying to edit.
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2016
Convicted of murder as a teenager, Johnny Small was luxuriating by sleeping on his cousin’s living room sofa after a judge rules he never got a fair trial.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 12, 2016
It also helped him escape criticism that he was luxuriating too much.
From New York Times ● Jul. 17, 2010
One of the number was luxuriating in agradolce—meat stewed with preserved prunes or cherries—a dish which many travelers have laughed at in Germany, but have never observed in 'classic Italy.'
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various