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opulence
Example Sentences
Wealth has a way of sorting relationships when one friend's opulence brings out lustful envy in the others, the deadly sins most likely to drive daggers into the gut of any platonic bond.
Trump described the King as a "beautiful man", as he looked forward to the opulence of a state visit, with its carriage ride up the Mall and glittering banquet.
Or will we be turned off by the opulence of the gilded golfing life enjoyed by the biggest stars?
It was this profound frustration that compelled him to call for a racially unified movement to fight against poverty in America, a country filled with so much “concentrated opulence.”
In a time when political party heads and powerful billionaires would like us to accept the bare minimum quality of life, a little personal opulence is a tiny way to counteract a settling mindset.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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