Sentence examples for conspicuous decadence from inspiring English sources

But a lot has happened since, and conspicuous decadence is wearing a little thin.

Again, this is the height of conspicuous decadence, and it's alienating.

Dr. Berlet, no doubt sensitive to Western associations of cosmetic surgery with decadence, vanity and conspicuous consumption, is careful to distinguish, in an exhibition brochure, which kinds of procedures qualify as art and which do not.

The live lot assemble time into lazy decadences - ten-year periods of conspicuous attitudinising, which are only ever grasped in nostalgic retrospect.

For those interested in conspicuous consumption Super Bowl week offers a cornucopia of decadence and waste.

Not conspicuous?

It's his decadence.

"The decadence of Rome".

Decadence is impossible.

Violence gave way to decadence.

Mishandled decadence can seem cautionary.