sumptuous

IPA: sˈʌmptʃwʌs

Examples of "sumptuous" in Sentences

He said, “What shall we call your sumptuous creation?”
Then she robed her in sumptuous robes and set apart for her a place in the
They live in sumptuous quarters, with beautiful flowers in large vases, and have a butler, Alfred.
On a superficial note, I loved all the beautiful tracking shots of paintings in sumptuous widescreen.
Then he made peace between them and clad them all in sumptuous robes of honour and hanselled them with precious jewels of land and sea.
Then he bade bring forth money and apparel and clad them in sumptuous robes of honour and showered largesse upon them, wherefore they all loved him and obeyed him.
Not only English society, but Indian princes and princesses, American millionaires, and Continental aristocrats attended this ball attired in sumptuous costumes worth thousands upon thousands of pounds.
Nick Gevers said it best: "(the novel) tells in sumptuous claustrophobic detail just how alien -- and alienated -- a human society might become, portraying a mighty far-future city state driven by absolute standards of meritocracy turning against itself in hysteria and bloodshed"