The book itself is well worth the extravagant description of Dr Scot McKendrick, head of western manuscripts at the British Library: that it is one of the world's greatest written treasures.
But India's bowling and fielding was the best it has been, justifying a description by former India captain Ravi Shastri as "thoroughly professional and disciplined".
I answered the questionnaire that one child's teacher sent home simply and directly, without going into extravagant descriptions of the child's prowess or problems.
Anyone with a taste for over-the-top meals eaten vicariously will not be able to resist the extravagant descriptions of food-and-wine pairings at Daniel, Citronelle, Le Bernardin, Mr. Parker's home and other upscale dining rooms.
"The agents gave me extravagant descriptions like 'fine moments, beautiful this, beautiful that.' I threw away the bad comments--why waste my time --and called time --and time --andme the good ones.
In the case of a pie, encasing foreign meat in pastry would justify the description.
A litany of local election results, unfolding overnight and through the day, justifies the description.
Cantona was interviewed in an empty theatre, possibly in a bid to justify De Caunes' description of him as "footballer, actor, icon, political activist".
Twenty-two years later, Eritrea is now being described as Africa's North Korea – and the cruelty that is inflicted on Eritrean people by the Afewerki regime justifies that description.
With its miles of sandy beaches, flocks of pelicans and a handful of hotels and guesthouses, this can still justify the description "sleepy".
His reputation as a poet rests on his lyrics, the best of which justifies the description of him as "natural, easy Suckling".
