lavishness

How To Use lavishness In A Sentence

• He is, to this day, associated with extravagance and regal lavishness.
• It contained an exquisite screen, a French ormolu desk, some elegant chairs and a certain lavishness of porcelain amoretti. Tied Up in Tinsel
• Next day, the show opens, with many speeches and compliments, and a dinner of faintly embarrassing lavishness.
• Few of the 10,000 foreign couples expected to marry in Italy this year are likely to rival the Agarwal nuptials for lavishness. In Search of Happily Ever After
• The king commanded a tomb be built for Hephaestion that rivaled any previous memorial in cost and lavishness. Alexander the Great
• But account director James Wright said that, while pre-GFC "lavishness" was nowhere to be seen in 2010 - and unlikely to make a rapid return - companies were back on the bandwagon for new strategies to retain workers who might be looking at a career change. NEWS.com.au | Top Stories
• True about UTC revenue, point is that a typical govt contractors modus operandi seems to be to maximize revenue from the customer (the govt) while appearing to cut costs (apparently to support execs lavishness & maybe shareholders). Today's Video: Encouraging Innovation at NASA - NASA Watch
• Oscars goody-bags are renowned for their lavishness - with up to £60,000 of gifts for nominees and presenters earlier this year.
• Mr. Glegg; his eyes would have watered with true feeling over the sale of a widow's furniture, which a five-pound note from his side pocket would have prevented; but a donation of five pounds to a person "in a small way of life" would have seemed to him a mad kind of lavishness rather than "charity," which had always presented itself to him as a contribution of small aids, not a neutralizing of misfortune. The Mill on the Floss
• With a huge staircase dominating the stage, and coupled with the outrageous lavishness of the monarchy, this is a truly grand affair.