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luxuriate

[luhg-zhoor-ee-eyt, luhk-shoor-] / lʌgˈʒʊər iˌeɪt, lʌkˈʃʊər- /


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There’s no evidence that this generation intends to make pining their only romantic activity; it’s more that they are very content, at the moment, to luxuriate in the many conduits for yearning available to them.

From Salon Feb. 21, 2026

I do luxuriate in awaking to no news deadlines, playing pickleball when court fees are low and cycling to the beach on a weekday morning.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 12, 2026

It’s about creating spaces where LGBTQ+ people can be visible but also feel safe to be in community, a moment to live without fear and luxuriate in collective joy.

From Slate Jun. 2, 2025

They offer a vacation destination for the mind, a world in which to luxuriate.

From Los Angeles Times May 4, 2025

They stay with me for minutes after I wake up and I luxuriate in them, but I forget them soon.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

Before Kercher’s murder corkscrews their story, “The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox” luxuriates in the postcard-perfect view from the apartment Amanda shared with Meredith and two Italian women.

From Salon Aug. 20, 2025

His own intentions remain unclear in a story that luxuriates in a physical and metaphorical haze, and that prefers to hint at mysteries rather than solve them.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 1, 2023

Here, finally, McEwan — who won the Booker Award in 1998 for “Amsterdam” — luxuriates in all the space he needs to record the mysterious interplay of will and chance, time and memory.

From Washington Post Sep. 20, 2022

While many Hallmark movies are largely locked in, location wise, to Toronto and the rest of Ontario, “A Perfect Pairing” fairly luxuriates in Australia’s vineyard beauty.

From New York Times May 18, 2022

No doubt she, for the time, luxuriates, and her face expresses the sense of happiness she then enjoys.

From The Dog by Dinks

Conductor Roberto Kalb luxuriated in the rich orchestration.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

He said she was an "emotional parasite" who fed off the couple's despair and "luxuriated" in offering them false hope.

From BBC Nov. 6, 2025

Across from me, George Felix luxuriated in the vibes.

From Slate Aug. 11, 2025

Following the death of co-founder Andy Fletcher, Depeche Mode returned to L.A. for an emotional two-hour show that luxuriated in a sensual gloom.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 2, 2023

I flung back my thin cotton sheet and stretched my arms to the ceiling and luxuriated in the chill air.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

The couple will still be on a high after all the festivities and luxuriating in the afterglow of the love — and cash — bestowed upon them.

From MarketWatch Apr. 13, 2026

Far from luxuriating in a serene and pristine writing environment, Ms. Lewin reveals, Woolf worked amid “old nibs, bits of string, used matches, rusty paper-clips, crumpled envelopes, broken cigarette-holders, etc.”

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 27, 2026

Like everyone else at Crooked Con, Piker is luxuriating in what he thinks is a vibe shift.

From Slate Nov. 19, 2025

Rather than participants luxuriating in newfound free time, a Stockton, California pilot found that full-time employment actually rose among those receiving guaranteed income, while their financial, physical and emotional health also improved.

From Salon Dec. 18, 2024

He unwrapped his mind from his body, separated the two, while he lay in the trench, pressing himself into the mud, luxuriating in how close and connected he was to the mud.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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