Sentence examples for luxurious present from inspiring English sources

Voltaire's poem "Le Mondain" depicts its author as the owner of fine tapestries and silverware and an ornate carriage, revelling in Europe's luxurious present and scorning its religious past.

THE LUXURIOUS PRESENT MEETS THE RAVAGED PAST GETTING THERE AND AROUND Any leg of the triangle that is Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville-Kep will take about three and a half hours by taxi and cost $30 to $60, depending on your negotiation skills.

Here, in towns like Sihanoukville — which, in its heyday in the 1960s, used to draw visitors like Jackie Kennedy and Catherine Deneuve — travelers are exploring the unusual pleasures that occur at the intersection of the luxurious present and the ravaged past.

For an upcoming birthday next week, I've saved up for a luxurious present to myself: a long overdue dental appointment.

The most luxurious cars present the tech lover with an IoT "Hall of Mirrors". If you're a car connoisseur and a techie, the depth of connection is endlessly fascinating.

Though we had the presents, they seemed less numerous and luxurious than presents bestowed up and down Philadelphia Avenue, in houses externally more modest than ours.

Together, the luxurious duo presents a collection of 30 to 35 calfskin, crocodile, and alligator skin Birkin bags over an assortment of 25cm, 30cm, and 35cm sizes, which will be encased in a custom, jewel-like, multi-tiered display custom fitted to the VanDutch 55 pleasure yacht.

Softer, more romantic, idealized and luxurious characteristics are present in other selections.

One dish perfect for the summer is tuna tartare, delicately seasoned and plated to satisfy any gourmand's need for luxurious food, beautifully presented.

Yet, as she turns 80, there she sits, a defiant reminder of a times past; a luxurious venue for times present and through several reinventions currently underway will be a part of the Long Beach skyline in times future.

Open Tues-Sat 11am-6pm, Sun 12am-5pm The less obvious of Amsterdam's two turn-of-the-century department stores (the other being the Bijenkorf, or "beehive", on Dam Square) started by 19th-century entrepreneurs from Amsterdam's then-flourishing Jewish community, this gorgeously skylit building presents a luxurious alternative to its gaudy and chaotic neighbours on nearby Kalverstraat.