Sentence examples for extravagant possession from inspiring English sources

He's sure it was Murray who assured an anxious post-referendum public: "Crisps will remain at the current price," and named as his most extravagant possession: "My wife, and even she's a bit mean".

Jeannette's visionary heroism is both clear-minded and absurd; in the extravagant possession of a child playing, completely earnestly, with the forces of history, Dumont catches the celestial comedy of disproportion — and realizes that comedy with an apt sense of wonder and awe.

I have some extravagant possessions.

Their gambles made them vastly rich and gave them and their extravagant possessions enormous celebrity.

The oversized homes, the piles of possessions, the extravagant vacations.

In each modern library I've visited, for every hyperactive-teenager-attracting digital gadget, there is still a quiet nook where a schoolgirl (or grown woman) can take possession of an extravagant adventure of books (be they paper or virtual) and create her own little corner of heaven.

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

An exacting academic with no parenting experience whatsoever, he finds himself immediately overwhelmed -- by his daughter's disregard for his possessions, by her extravagant sense of entitlement and by her appalling ignorance.

Clift perfectly shows how bewildered, earnest, and yet conceited and evasive his character is: Taylor's feline self-possession is troubled by George's extravagant, ingenuous passion.

Rather he suffered, even in the second half when Bath dominated possession for long stretches, from Bath's extravagant attempts to pull teams from side to side.

Hugh was known for his extravagant tastes and opulent lifestyle, as well as his possession of a large library.