Sentence examples for sumptuous dwelling from inspiring English sources
Once the sumptuous dwelling of 24 Chinese emperors and their hordes of soldiers, courtiers and concubines, the Forbidden City draws tourists from across China and the globe.
He, too, was surprised by what he found — unclothed natives and less than sumptuous dwellings.
The owner says the work is just routine, but the 17-story building was anything but, a sumptuous multiple dwelling designed to attract millionaires.
There are often what are called show houses on the Upper East Side of New York, where sumptuous but empty dwellings are overtaken by the latest pod of trendy decorators, a way to showcase work and garner attention.
These simple dwellings have been less meticulously restored than the sumptuous structures in the center, but throughout, there are few glimpses of the modern.
Plodding on piteously bound feet, it trumpets the superiority of women while dwelling endlessly on things thought to interest them: romance, heartbreak, victimhood, sumptuous domestic detail, eating disorders and even the self-satisfied preciousness of book clubs.
The interiors were sumptuous.
A sumptuous buffet followed.
The setting is sumptuous.
