sumptuousness

Example Sentences

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The “Firebird” Suite blossomed in a rainbow of extravagant orchestral color, while Dudamel brought a new sumptuousness to “Rite of Spring.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2025

Half of the album’s new songs are overlaid with strings played by the London Contemporary Orchestra — occasionally for sumptuousness, but more often to create tension and harmonic ambiguity.

From New York Times • Jan. 29, 2024

I recall being hesitant about the butter, but it added such a rounded, rich sumptuousness that olive oil just doesn't impart.

From Salon • Mar. 12, 2023

To tell their story with as much flair and sumptuousness as any other.

From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2023

If so, Councillor Clark lived many years to enjoy the sumptuousness of his new house and the envy of his neighbors.

From The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution by Stark, James H.