lap of luxury
Example Sentences
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His journey is one of extreme survival, but his destination is the lap of luxury: a modernist San Francisco mansion where he makes himself at home and where he’s clearly been before.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026
Digging deeper, they unearthed evidence of a justice who regularly sat in the lap of luxury, on the dime of wealthy and influential hosts.
From Slate • Apr. 6, 2023
Major U.S. airlines, including American, United, Delta and Alaska, still offer first class on domestic flights — but don’t expect a seat in the lap of luxury.
From Washington Post • Oct. 31, 2022
No up-and-coming playwright in New York City is living in the lap of luxury, but Larson’s digs were especially hardscrabble.
From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2021
We climbed into what we believed was the lap of luxury.
From "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina" by Michaela DePrince
