splurge
Example Sentences
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Consumers splurged this last holiday season, enticed by good deals even as they worried about growth and inflation.
From Los Angeles Times
His big splurge was to have a Snickers bar on the plane when flying home from a game.
From Los Angeles Times
Stomach gnawing and hands slightly shaky, I loaded up on ephemera for fancy paninis, held together with swipes of giardiniera mayo, and splurged on some pastel-hued botanical sodas for drinking straight from the can.
From Salon
The company is hoping that customers will be thrilled to save the money and then splurge only on the features they want.
From Los Angeles Times
But the country still has millions of well-to-do shoppers who can afford to splurge on, say, a $6 package of Sam’s Club-exclusive Oreos, with thinner cookies and more cream.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
