Sentence examples for conspicuous comfort from inspiring English sources
But he had travelled with conspicuous comfort through the race, jumping energetically, and the narrow margin was simply indicative of his sloth in front.
But on the whole the museum, which celebrates its 100th anniversary in January, remains what it was meant to be: a celebration of period taste, patrician comfort, conspicuous consumption and -- the nobles of ancient China would understand this perfectly -- a monument to life without end.
Crime in Bashkortostan is not conspicuous.
This paper differentiates 'self-referential orientations', implied in the pursuit of pleasure and comfort, from conspicuous consumption, implied in 'status display'.
Although luxury hotels are, in every respect, incredible and conspicuous wasters of resources (in the name of comfort), at least that means they've got nowhere to but green.
This paper does not deny the existence of conspicuous consumption but seeks to highlight self-referential orientations (i.e. the pursuit of personal pleasure and comfort) in the contemporary middle class and how these orientations are aligned in a distinctive way with the more traditional set of motives.
The resurgence of familiar "comfort shows" after the terror attacks has been unmistakable; but it's also true that the most conspicuous example, "Friends," is having an extraordinarily good season, daring to let some of its Peter Pan characters grow up.
Conspicuous consumption is out.
