opulent

• “However, Mr Dominguez says that by showing what he describes as the opulent lifestyles the Castros live in a communist country like Cuba he has achieved his aim.”

  BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition

• “Of Oaxaca's twenty-seven churches, by far the most opulent is the Santo Domingo de Guzmán, built by Indian artisans in the 16th and 17th centuries and displaying much gold leaf.”

  Oaxaca: a festive city

• “Spacek’s clueless, baton-twirling Holly proclaims love for Sheen’s Kit and all his fake bravado in opulent romance-novel voiceovers.”

  Eric’s Top 10 Alienated Youth Movies » Scene-Stealers

• “We disregarded these gathering clouds – and pretended that a period we retrospectively dub opulent and irresponsible was normal – when we might at least have been enjoying their silver linings.”

  The Guardian: Whelk ice cream never meant we stopped being a Pot Noodle nation

• “It's bow was adorned by a woman's figure crafted by San Francisco sculpture Monica Maduro and it's inside was described as opulent, with gilded frames and velvet trim.”

  Merced Sun-Star: front

• “This will not be determined by the home's value, but rather by subjective criteria such as opulent decorations.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Taipei's Politics of Envy

• “I also think it's fair to say most USians have never seen an "opulent" hospital!”

  will they get fooled again? striking back at harry and louise

• “Clinton thinks it is very important to raise taxes on the obscenely opulent, meaning families earning more than $200,000 (about 850,000 or .6 percent of the 115 million taxpayers).”

  Newsweek: Purring Along The Potomac

• “Opus X, Opus being a derivative from "opulent," the word "opulent," X is their Project X.”

  CNN Transcript Jun 15, 2002

• “The delicate, virginal-white flowers are not often described as opulent, but Coty’s Muguet is truly sumptuous.”

  Archive 2007-05-01

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