All 3 Uses
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Flags of Our Fathers
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- All of this sumptuous land cut through by a deep clear rushing river, the Fox, whose fish-filled waters had drawn generations of Indians and, later, the great tides of European immigrants, Dutch and German, flowing west in their caravans of prairie schooners.†
Chpt 2.
- The guests enjoyed a sumptuous feast—jackrabbit stew, Jobe's favorite dish, cooked in clay pots over flaming mesquite branches; spicy tortillas, fried potatoes, wild spinach, beans whipped into a pudding.†
Chpt 4. *
- Luxury was no longer a sumptuous banquet, a well-appointed suite.†
Chpt 16.
Definitions:
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(1)
(sumptuous) magnificent (impressively wonderful) -- often indicating something expensive
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)