opulence

IPA: ˈɑpjʌɫʌns

Examples of "opulence" in Sentences

Leader lives in opulence while believers live in squalor - CHECK
This is the mythical character that lives in opulence at the taxpayer's expense.
Government officials live in opulence while the general population remains in abject poverty.
Their opulence is breathtaking and there isn't a surface that isn't painted or ornamented with costly gold and stone.
Meanwhile, G8 leaders dined in opulence on the following menu prompting Tim Hayward to wonder what is more depressing: "the leader's hypocrisy or the incompetent PR."
Gossipy and studded with celebrity names, this is a tell-all tale of a girl raised in opulence by her mother and an adopted father in New York City, who met Saroyan when she was 15 years old and married him at 17, divorced then remarried him a few years later.
Realestalker notes that the Weintraubs seem to have built "their own version of Hearst Castle on the bluffs of the Bu," complete with a pool house similar in opulence to the Hearst Castle's natatorium: "a palatial Greek Revival style natatorium/pool house with marble pilasters, walls encrusted with more than 500,000 seashells, six glittery crystal chandeliers, and a glass ceiling."