extravagance

Example Sentences

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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

"We don't need all that extravagance to find our soulmate. The channel isn't as essential as it used to be," agreed Roslin Dantin, a 30-year-old cattle farmer.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

To anyone who disagreed with the need for a ship, Del Toro would explain that it was not an extravagance.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

The coziness comes from structure: meals designed to nourish through cold months, to make use of preserved ingredients, to create warmth without extravagance.

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2026

Estimates ranged as high as two hundred, though such extravagance seems implausible even for a man of his appetite.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson