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luxuriate

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


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They wait for hours to luxuriate in the atmosphere—and Grant Mohwinkel’s chemistry.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 9, 2026

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

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

I’ll also make some hot chocolate and then I’ll put on “The Great British Bake Off” show while I’m cooking, so I can really luxuriate in the Sunday chill vibes.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 11, 2025

I luxuriate in the warmth of Phil’s arm holding me.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

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

And Strong, an enthusiastic cook, luxuriates in the bounty of fruits and vegetables growing around their home.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 8, 2025

That’s revisionist; “Dark Side” luxuriates in alienation, futility and desperation.

From New York Times Feb. 28, 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

It was the season of English rural enjoyment, when crops had been garnered, and rents paid; when the farmer rests from his toil, and the squire luxuriates in his sports.

From The Child Wife by Mayne Reid

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

Gustavo Dudamel luxuriated in his own warmly sympathetic recording of it with the Berlin Philharmonic in 2014.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 10, 2023

For the first few days at Princeton, the boys kicked back and luxuriated in the posh surroundings of the hotel and country club.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

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

It begins innocently enough: the two sit down to steaks at Paddy’s, luxuriating in the rare act of sharing a proper meal.

From Salon Jul. 22, 2025

Whether it was staying with the boyfriend of the month, or in a foreclosed home, or luxuriating in a mothballed beach house, I’ve done fine.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman




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