splurge
Example Sentences
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Travelers used to splurging in Miami and Paris suddenly had few options.
John scored quarter-zip sweaters for himself and his father-in-law, and his wife splurged on a tweed jacket for Christmas Day.
From Los Angeles Times
You learn where splurging matters to you — good olive oil and great bread, perhaps — and where frugality feels easy rather than punitive.
From Salon
The splurge is starting to show up in economic data.
The disco lights, which were splurged out on for these European nights, flashed towards the Frenchman.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
