All 7 Uses of
luxurious
in
War and Peace
- They entered the elegant, newly decorated, and luxurious dining room.†
Chpt 1 *
- After washing and dressing, Prince Andrew came into the diplomat's luxurious study and sat down to the dinner prepared for him.†
Chpt 2
- After his journey and the campaign during which he had been deprived of all the comforts of cleanliness and all the refinements of life, Prince Andrew felt a pleasant sense of repose among luxurious surroundings such as he had been accustomed to from childhood.†
Chpt 2
- Denisov, who was living luxuriously because the soldiers of his squadron liked him, had also a board in the roof at the farther end, with a piece of (broken but mended) glass in it for a window.†
Chpt 5
- Without saying a word Rostopchin rose and walked hastily to his light, luxurious drawing room, went to the balcony door, took hold of the handle, let it go again, and went to the window from which he had a better view of the whole crowd.†
Chpt 11
- But the calm, luxurious life of Petersburg, concerned only about phantoms and reflections of real life, went on in its old way and made it hard, except by a great effort, to realize the danger and the difficult position of the Russian people.†
Chpt 12
- The countess could not conceive of life without the luxurious conditions she had been used to from childhood and, unable to realize how hard it was for her son, kept demanding now a carriage (which they did not keep) to send for a friend, now some expensive article of food for herself, or wine for her son, or money to buy a present as a surprise for Natasha or Sonya, or for Nicholas himself.†
Chpt 15
Definition:
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(luxurious) rich and superior in quality