Sentence examples for extravagant amount from inspiring English sources

It wasn't an extravagant amount," Whyte recalls.

"It means someone who spends an extravagant amount of money".

The stuffing has expanded over the years, with my kitchen confidence, to accommodate sausage, orange juice, parsley, thyme, sage, and an extravagant amount of toasted and chopped pecans.

With an extravagant amount of features, Nokia bullishly believes it will be the handset that finally breaks 3G into the mass market.

"Congressman Saxton feels an elected public official should choose a car that doesn't cost taxpayers an extravagant amount," said Jeff Sagnip, his spokesman.

"The whole point of taking the council to court was because we thought the fee was excessive - we just wanted Westminster to justify the fee or admit that £30,000 was an extravagant amount".

Even if I spend extravagant amounts of money, I will still have extravagant amounts of money".

Ms. Estefanos said relatives in Eritrea had sold land and possessions to pay extravagant amounts for their relatives — sometimes as much as $50,000.

"They're actually moving somewhere else, putting someone else in the apartment and getting extravagant amounts of money but insist on the application that they intend to come back at the end of the sublet.

CTF saw same-store sales on the mainland shoot up by 45% from April to September last year.Mao may be spinning in his grave at how much China's super-rich appreciate being "educated" on how to blow extravagant amounts on fine cigars and fancy watches.

For the same reason, when fabrics or materials are rare or costly, styles that require them in excessive, extravagant amounts become particularly fashionable as can be seen in the 16th-century vogue for slashing outer garments to reveal a second layer of luxurious fabric underneath.