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US
/ˈɹɪtʃəz, ˈɹɪtʃɪz/
]
[ UK /ɹˈɪtʃɪz/ ]
[ UK /ɹˈɪtʃɪz/ ]
NOUN
- an abundance of material possessions and resources
How To Use riches In A Sentence
- They watched in wonder as bankers, industrialists and assorted spivs piled up more and more riches.
- The coastal regions, those richest in marine life, were found to have the highest concentrations.
- The whole board was swayed by the promises of gold, power and riches.
- Long after the kingdoms of southern Arabia disappeared, the fabled riches of the region live on in the popular imagination.
- Although one of China's richest men,[sentence dictionary] he dresses inexpensively and lives in a modest Beijing apartment.
- When riches increase, the body decreases.
- Running around this landscape of giant heathers, you will also see ostriches, bonteboks, baboons and, if you are lucky, a fly-past from a blue crane.
- So he sleepeth and wotteth not whither she goeth, nor what she doeth; but we know that after giving him the drugged wine, she donneth her richest raiment and perfumeth herself and then she fareth out from him to be away till break of day; then she cometh to him, and burneth a pastile under his nose and he awaketh from his deathlike sleep. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
- The goddesse of warre, called Bellona, had these thre handmaids ever attendynge on her: BLOOD, FIRE, and FAMINE, which thre damosels be of that force and strength that every one of them alone is able and sufficient to torment and afflict a proud prince; and they all joyned together are of puissance to destroy the most populous country and most richest region of the world. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook
- Athlete behavior is meant to be exemplary and virtuous and sustain the rags to riches myths of successful sports stars from humble origins.