Sentence examples for extravagant town from inspiring English sources

Every "season" from December to June (when Parliament was in play) the so-called beau monde would occupy extravagant town houses in Mayfair and St James's and attend court, the theatre and opera, the pleasure gardens, assemblies and balls.

The Frenchman once delighted Luton Town, his extravagant skills helping to get them out of the old Third Division.

They often are small scale models of famous landmarks, giving your town an extravagant feel.

They cleared the forest for corn plots, market towns, and extravagant temple cities.

Extravagant men have been seen about town with Leonello Borghi's extravagant fur bags, made of sheared mink and coyote and costing upward of $2,000 each.

"It's by Hugh Hardy," he said, citing the architect who converted the former storage room into one of the most extravagant dining and drinking spaces in town.

"She wore men's clothing, used swear words and was considered a scandalous figure in town because of her extravagant behavior".

Like Yvette Cooper's urban Pathfinder clearances, ecotowns ignore the social dysfunctionality of new towns and are carbon extravagant, built from scratch with new infrastructure for car-dependent commuters.

Even in this town of fast fortunes and extravagant mansions, the record purchase price, for Candy Spelling's Manor in Holmby Hills, by Ms. Ecclestone, the daughter of the Formula One chief executive Bernie Ecclestone, was a showstopper.

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As we walk around the exhibition, Vernon talks warmly of his home town, Eau Claire, describing it as "nothing extravagant.