extravagance

Example Sentences

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“Drag is often obviously about a certain kind of extravagance and fabulousness and Maddie is very humble,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Trust that if you’ve never enjoyed your eggs with such extravagance and complexity, it will change your palate for the better.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026

When protests broke out to oust the Shah, she showed up for her community, a tightknit cluster of graduate students who were frustrated by his extravagance and tyranny.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

Swift says the goal of the Eras tour was to "over-serve" in terms of the number of songs performed, the extravagance of the costuming, and the details of each set design.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

We might be inclined to laugh at the extravagance of his beauty-worship if there were not some-thing almost magnificent in his single-minded dedication to it.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer