Sentence examples for excesses of privilege from inspiring English sources

The story of Robert Chambers has been accepted over the years less as a crisis of unfortunate circumstances and the excesses of privilege, as it was initially perceived, and more as a simple case of a bad seed.

The son, Dandy Mott, is the epitome of the excesses of wealth and privilege taken too far to its detrimental conclusion.

Handsome and menacing, he had killed a young woman in Central Park in 1986, and in the process came to symbolize a cocky male arrogance at loose in a world of privilege and excess.

A cigar is many things: a symbol either of congratulation or of luxurious excess and the privilege of power; a capstone to an evening of manly pursuits; an unmistakable assault of the senses that is both attractive and repulsive, as well as decadent, overindulgent and a little unhealthy.

Clay, a jaded 20-something living on the fringes of Hollywood, alongside like-minded children of privilege already bloated on LA's excesses, is confronted by his girlfriend about whether he has ever really cared.

He is of a different class — a theatrical artist of sorts, with an excess of time and privilege on his hands.

One could get whiplash at seeing the excess of wealth and privilege juxtaposed with the dire circumstances just steps outside Twitter headquarters on Market Street.

The squandering of privilege and inheritance is owing not only to poor planning and excess but also to the nagging sense that privilege and inheritance are unearned.

At a time when Manhattan luxury condos can cost tens of millions of dollars, residential high-rise buildings made of glass have become symbols of gargantuan excess and privilege.

Here is an excerpt: At a time when Manhattan luxury condos can cost tens of millions of dollars, residential high-rise buildings made of glass have become symbols of gargantuan excess and privilege.

This was hardly a case of privilege rewarding privilege.