Sample Sentences forsumptuous (editor-reviewed)
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The guests were treated to a sumptuous feast, with an array of delicious dishes and desserts.sumptuous = magnificent
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She wore a sumptuous gown made of the finest silk and adorned with sparkling jewels.
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On their last evening, Mrs. Weasley conjured up a sumptuous dinner that included all of Harry's favorite things, ending with a mouthwatering treacle pudding. (source)sumptuous = delicious
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It had occurred to me that this shadow of a garage must be a blind, and that sumptuous and romantic apartments were concealed overhead, when the proprietor himself appeared in the door of an office, wiping his hands on a piece of waste. (source)sumptuous = impressively wonderful
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Cinder cast one more look at her stepsisters' sumptuous gowns before backing out of the room.† (source)
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Cold, sumptuous silk onto which the sea has laid offerings: pebbles, shells, barnacles.† (source)
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The more sumptuous the dope, the deeper the anguish —mental and physical — when it wore off.† (source)
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Besides, there were fewer to feed; the sick could eat little; our breakfast-basins were better filled; when there was no time to prepare a regular dinner, which often happened, she would give us a large piece of cold pie, or a thick slice of bread and cheese, and this we carried away with us to the wood, where we each chose the spot we liked best, and dined sumptuously.† (source)
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According to my pocket dictionary; that means district, and the buildings in my arrondissement blend one into another, curving around corners with the sumptuousness of wedding cakes.† (source)standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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Biscuit tins with sumptuous pictures of English castles and ladies with bustles and ringlets.† (source)
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It certainly was agreeable to fare sumptuously, drive in a fine carriage, wear her best frock every day, and do nothing but enjoy herself.† (source)
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It had been months since she had first seen it, yet she had never grown used to the grandeur, the sumptuousness, the simple, unadulterated wealth.† (source)
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The three men walk back downstairs to another sumptuous room, where an officer opens a large vault set into a wall.† (source)
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If his income were L5000 a year, he would give away L4500 in one form and another, and live sumptuously (for him) on the remainder.† (source)
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Sumptuousness and splendor.† (source)
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The dark carpeting was discreetly sumptuous, exotic pot plants and tastefully engraved prints of the principal computer programmers and their families were deployed liberally about the room, and stately windows looked out upon a tree-lined public square.† (source)
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