decadent
Example Sentences
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“To Kill a Cook” is a decadent treat, with enough loose ends in Bernice Black’s life and career to leave readers hungry for more.
From Los Angeles Times
“This is really embarrassing — my decadent rock and roll lifestyle with the artisanal energy drink,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times
But it is also the avatar of a decadent Old World barely capable of maintaining the artifacts of its past, let alone rekindling its genius.
As for why the exhibition landed in L.A. for its second showing, Hewlett compares the city to Shanghai when it was “still free and decadent and swinging.”
From Los Angeles Times
Consumption-fueled growth is seen, at best, as peculiarly American and, at worst, as decadent.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
