luxuriate
verb (used without object)
to enjoy oneself without stint; revel.
were luxuriating
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past progressiveof luxuriate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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On the Facebook pages of the rescue and its affiliates, volunteers showed dogs exploring their first grassy yards, while others, like Dolphin, were luxuriating in bolstered, plush dog beds.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 12, 2019
Painters like Mabuse, Cranach, Caravaggio, da Pontormo, and a hundred others across Europe were luxuriating in the mastery of technique.
From Time Magazine Archive
There was a painting of Vanloo—a lot of full-blooded horses in a field of clover; they had broken fence, and were luxuriating in the rich, forbidden pasture.
From The Golden Dog by William Kirby
They stood there as though they were luxuriating in the feel of more water than they could drink, and one horse blew the moisture from his nostrils with a sound that made Happy Jack jump.
From The Heritage of the Sioux by B. M. Bower
They had tried dictators, consuls, prætors, councils of ten, and other numbers odd and even, and ere the middle of the thirteenth century were luxuriating in the enjoyment of perfect anarchy.
From The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales by Richard Garnett
