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

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

From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2023

Audi’s A8 is the flagship luxury model for the German brand, and it boasts limousine-like sumptuousness.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 28, 2022

The walls of the chapel where he lies are covered with frescoes, depicting scenes in that wonderful life; from the rags of the miner, to the sumptuousness of the throne.

From Famous Men of Science by Bolton, Sarah K.