sybarite

• But, sybarite or no, if Robichaux ; Devane instead of the Sloan had twelve million dollars riding on Chicken Tonight, Tom would have led the charge into the living room. —  Murder to Go-Emma Lathen-John Putnam Thatcher 10
• And you, little sybarite, are among the fine ladies of the reading-room at the hotel, and listening to music, and the air all scented around you. —  Sunrise
• How perverse not to confess that beneath all our modern life, as its dominating motive, has lain that ruthless and pagan philosophy, which creates alike the sybarite, the tyrant and the anarch; the philosophy in which lust goes hand in hand with cruelty and unrestrained will to power is accompanied by unmeasured and unscrupulous force It is incredible to me how men can take this delirium of self-destruction, this plunging of the sword into our own heart in a final frenzy of competing anarchy and deck it out with heroic and poetic values, fling over it the seamless robe of Christ, unfurl above it the banner of the Cross! —  Preaching and Paganism
• But you don't seem pleased with my crib It's not good enough for you Since when have I been a sybarite, Clara I mean you ought to think of your position It's too unpleasant to think about," rejoined Lambert, throwing himself on the couch and producing his pipe. —  Red Money
• Altogether the walk was not a pleasant one for the sybarite The Abbot's Wood looked bare and lean with the leaves stripped from its many trees. —  Red Money

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