Sentence examples for extravagant world from inspiring English sources

In the extravagant world of American college admissions, where excess and pointless complication are the norm, it stood to reason that there would be books about every phase of the process and about the phase that comes after the process ends.

Out of such hardship grows an aspect of gay culture that Jennie Livingston recorded in her historic 1990 documentary, "Paris Is Burning," which focussed on the drag balls in Harlem, an extravagant world where everyone dressed according to their fantasies — or talked about them.

It's quite the contrast to the surreal, extravagant world of Lucha Libre, but he understands that the two worlds are completely separate.

It is one of a small number of major goldsmiths' works or joyaux that survive from the extravagant world of the courts of the Valois royal family around 1400.

The sexy, extravagant world of cabaret and burlesque is a natural partner for Goth; indeed, corsets, garters and black suits have been a Goth staple for many years.

I know a thing or two (well, maybe not that many) about Australian wine, but the extravagant, world-spanning list at the Flower Drum had plenty to teach me.

But each of Ms. Sheehy's efforts is an extravagant, compressed world unto itself, at once beautiful and grotesque, natural and willfully made.

As Tardy told me, the combination of very sharp graphics and an "extravagant imaginary world" instantly became a primary goal for the installation.

Singapore Airlines' and Cathay Pacific's refit of their premium cabins, Virgin's new routes to Chicago and Nairobi, Air New Zealand's new round-the-world routing, Silverjet's new all-business-class service and BA's extravagant new Club World all fit snugly into the business category.

After all, in the corporate world, extravagant compensation has never guaranteed extraordinary results.

The fabrics were the most extravagant seen since World War II, as was the ample bust line.