Sentence examples for opulent in from inspiring English sources

'He was traditional and opulent in his style; I was cutting-edge modern,' says Humphrey.

I create a pure piece, but it can also be very opulent in the richness of how you do it.

The Norwegian Dawn is not the Queen Mary 2 -- even the most expensive suites do not come with his-and-hers bidets -- but it is impressively showy and opulent in its own way.

Ideally located in the very heart of the city, skillfully managed and opulent in every detail, from its saunas (including a few in luxury suites) to its shopping gallery to its four restaurants.

With so much going on, it's little wonder that Ms. Shettar's work, so opulent in its modesty, has already gained attention in the much-praised American traveling exhibition "How Latitudes Become Forms".

The tension between athletics and academics has been longstanding at Oregon, since the university in the mid-1990s -- with the backing of the donor Phil Knight, the Nike co-founder -- began pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into its athletic facilities, which are among the most opulent in the country.

Homebase Abroad (781-639-4040; www.homebaspecializesm) specinlizes in opulent villas in Italy, specifically the areas of Tuscany, Umbria, Lake Como and the Amalfi Coast.

During the Gilded Age, many of America's wealthiest families were escaping the summer heat in opulent mansions in Newport.

But Mr. Thoretton also sought answers among the objects that the couple had accumulated in their opulent homes in Paris and Marrakesh, and in Mr. Bergé's decision to sell them.

Rated last year by Forbes as the world's 14th highest earning sportsperson, he loves expensive cars and lives in an opulent mansion in General Santos City, on Mindanao, in the southern Philippines.

"Marijuana is not difficult to control, like poppy," the governor said in an interview in October in his vast, opulent office in Mazar-i-Sharif.