Sentence examples for taking extravagant from inspiring English sources

Unknown but will not be paying top dollar or taking extravagant gambles.

In this troubled state, they don't think about taking extravagant vacations, or buying new houses or fancy new cars.

On Friday, the US supreme court agreed to hear a case in which a former elected official, convicted of taking extravagant gifts to influence policy, now argues that because he failed to deliver on his promises to the person trying to corrupt him, he isn't guilty of corruption.

The film "is rather like Norman Bates, that nervous pretty boy with mommy issues and a bobbing Adam's apple, in that it too takes extravagant liberties with the dead," Manohla Dargis wrote in The Times in November.

"Hitchcock," by contrast, is rather like Norman Bates, that nervous pretty boy with mommy issues and a bobbing Adam's apple, in that it too takes extravagant liberties with the dead.

Her Jan . 28debut in the Rondo Alla Zingarese of "Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet" — in a role choreographed by Balanchine for Suzanne Farrell — was one of the season's special events; she took extravagant Romany choreography that, in lesser hands, can look crudely flamboyant and illumined it musically.

They've taken extravagant dares from their audience, and a crowd always surrounds Justin and his ubiquitous camera.

Bisaillon took extravagant hunting trips to South America, maintained a penthouse party suite on the top floor of one of Montreal's most expensive hotels and built himself a C$1 million retreat in the posh Quebec lake resort town of Roberval.

This elegant suite takes extravagant living to a whole new level with features like a private gym and terrace.

One fighter reportedly advised those travelling to make sure they have enough money to cover staying in Turkey in case transit to Syria is delayed and to avoid raising suspicion in airports by carrying no more than £3,000 (suggesting that if challenged, travellers should simply say they are taking an "extravagant holiday").

Less hampered by inhibitions over the more blatant forms of salesmanship than their European colleagues, publishing houses in New York City began to take large advertisements, make extravagant claims for the qualities of their books, and thus build up bigger sales for new books than was customary in other countries.