Sample sentences for LUXURIOUS

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Definition

rich and superior in quality

a luxurious room with an ocean view

Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities
Aldous Huxley
They entered the elegant, newly decorated, and luxurious dining room.
Leo Tolstoy -- War and Peace
Not only were we sure of being dry and warm and sheltered from the wind, but we had the softest and most luxurious mattresses that could be made from moss.
Jack London -- The Sea Wolf
And, besides, the profitable offices under the government were filled by men who had lived in London, and had there contracted fashionable and luxurious habits of living which they would not now lay aside.
Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Grandfather's Chair
It is a great deal more natural than one could wish, that a young man, brought up by those who are proud, luxurious, and selfish, should be proud, luxurious, and selfish too.
Jane Austen -- Emma
Pros Passmore leaned back in his chair, digesting this new bit of information luxuriously.
Grace MacGowan Cooke -- The Power and the Glory
The lobby was luxurious—modern—but the rooms she peeped into were sterile green cages.
Toni Morrison -- Sula
Sarafine spread her powerful hands wide, luxuriously, flexing her powers.
Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl -- Beautiful Creatures
Shining, luxurious epaulettes draping from each of her shoulders.
Marie Lu -- Legend
It is excellent proof of his luxurious lifestyle," she said excitedly, and the whole box was carried away.
Ji-Li Jiang -- Red Scarf Girl
The supper seemed to me less luxurious than those I had seen in American hotels; but my situation was indescribably more pleasant.
Harriet Jacobs -- Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
She was wearing her prom dress—a luxurious, white, frilly thing.
Joshua Davis -- Spare Parts
We had a luxurious breakfast and were cheerful, each with his secret thoughts.
Robert A. Heinlein -- Glory Road
And then they saw that luxurious little dimple blossom—sybaritic roguishness, a dancing hitch of the robes, the holy lewdness of the heathen priest.
Thomas Mann -- The Magic Mountain
We left through a tastefully luxurious lobby.
Stephenie Meyer -- New Moon
I'd been asleep for so long, I decided to indulge myself in a luxurious and prolonged pee.
Marcus Luttrell -- Lone Survivor
Duane saw that the room was comfortably, even luxuriously furnished.
Zane Grey -- The Lone Star Ranger
The love of them—the touch, taste, and feel of them—was not just an easy luxurious human vice; they were, for me, A Thing To Do Instead.
Toni Morrison -- The Bluest Eye
The mansion itself has been converted to twelve comfortable rooms of various sizes, all quite luxurious, with two full baths on each floor.
Barbara Kingsolver -- The Poisonwood Bible

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