voluptuousness

Example Sentences

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Though conducting from the harpsichord, Haïm was mostly on her feet, in vivid contact with a small orchestra and bringing her unique combination of modern-day fire and voluptuousness to Handel.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2020

Whip the cream until thick and airy but still with a soft voluptuousness about it, and set it aside for a mo.

From The Guardian • Mar. 30, 2017

Blowup: The Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni brought an intellectual voluptuousness to Europe’s postwar anomie; his English-language debut film also defined Swinging London’s new generation of cool kids who have it all and still feel empty.

From Time • May 17, 2012

Like the other excellent moments of the film, it bristled with the unpredictable energy and decadent voluptuousness of a Fellini movie.

From Seattle Times • May 10, 2011

Whence come all trouble and difficulty, vexation and annoyance, strife and contention--in short, all the depravities and miseries of humanity, but from the accursed luxury and voluptuousness of the members?

From The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II by Hoffmann, Ernst Theordor Wilhelm