decadence

Example Sentences

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Perhaps as a rebellion against her partner’s darkness and decadence, Birkin developed a personal style that exuded lightness, naturalness and relatable elegance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

"The opera, in structuring itself around America and Rome, invites a dialogue between those two societies that are often compared to each other in decadence and decay."

From Salon • Oct. 6, 2024

Critics praised the record's "sky-high ambition" and ""decadence and theatricality"", calling it "one of the strongest debuts in recent memory".

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2024

From that limbo, the music turns to delusion, decadence and fantasy.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2023

It suggested a whole life of marvelous, elaborate decadence that attracted me like a magnet.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath