Sentence examples for an extravagant display from inspiring English sources

At one point in his testimony, in an extravagant display of contrition, Duch appeared to compare himself with Christ.

At first glance, the movie is an extravagant display of excessive lifestyles, which many may find difficult to relate to.

To be fair, I can understand how Rupert Murdoch, owner of The Sun, is shocked at such an extravagant display of wealth as that.

It is a golden rule that when two or three Anglicans gather together, there is an extravagant display of competitive niceness.

Likewise, Faye Toogood, the London stylist and designer, unveiled her first furniture collection, Assemblage 1, in a garage installation that included an extravagant display of mushrooms foraged from the New Forest.

Under rows of glittering chandeliers, the family, joined by guests and members of the club, dined from an extravagant display that included assorted desserts, Florida seafood, whipped and sweet potatoes, vegetables, traditional stuffing, a carving station with turkey, beef tenderloin, lamb and salmon, and a romaine-free salad bar.

He thus gained access not only to a vast range of piano sonorities and textures but also to a world, charted by Liszt, in which a consistency of extravagant display justifies all kinds of inconsistencies, especially between sentimentality and sophistication, directness and difficulty.

"These are precisely the qualities that women look for in a short-term mate — extravagant display of resources that can be devoted to them.

Which could explain why there is also a kind of curious, behind-the-scenes torpor present here, a listlessness, and even a lifelessness, about the postures of the actors on this stage set (if that is what it is), which helps to make something of a joke of the extravagant display of vibrant yellow.

Many visitors to Monaco alternate their hours between its beaches and boating facilities, its international sports-car races, and its world-famous Place du Casino, the gambling centre in the Monte-Carlo section that made Monte-Carlo an international byword for the extravagant display and reckless dispersal of wealth.

The wedding, a grand affair marked by extravagant display and gift-giving, took place in the Église Saint-Ferréol les Augustins in Marseille on 28 October 1533.