Lavishness

Word LAVISHNESS
Character 10
Hyphenation lav ish ness
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I know the super rich and some have worked really hard -- I can think of one billionaire who came from nothing and if his lavishness has been a bit gross, I know his bank account got a good kick recently. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Mr. Glegg; his eyes would have watered with true feeling over the sale of a widow's furniture, which a five-pound note from his side pocket would have prevented; but a donation of five pounds to a person "in a small way of life" would have seemed to him a mad kind of lavishness rather than "charity," which had always presented itself to him as a contribution of small aids, not a neutralizing of misfortune. ❋ George Eliot (1849)

But account director James Wright said that, while pre-GFC "lavishness" was nowhere to be seen in 2010 - and unlikely to make a rapid return - companies were back on the bandwagon for new strategies to retain workers who might be looking at a career change. ❋ Unknown (2010)

There was no humbug or hypocrisy about Mr. Glegg; his eyes would have watered with true feeling over the sale of a widow’s furniture, which a five-pound note from his side pocket would have prevented; but a donation of five pounds to a person “in a small way of life” would have seemed to him a mad kind of lavishness rather than “charity, ” which had always presented itself to him as a contribution of small aids, not a neutralizing of misfortune. ❋ Unknown (1917)

Many speak critically of the lavishness of the modern day meals post the breaking of fast iftar, or footor, as it's know in the Gulf. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Was he serious or poking fun at our society's tendency for lavishness? ❋ Nicole Berrie (2010)

Few of the 10,000 foreign couples expected to marry in Italy this year are likely to rival the Agarwal nuptials for lavishness. ❋ Francis X. Rocca (2011)

It was a time when celebrities could flaunt their ostentatious lifestyles to Robin Leach without a trace of faux guilt, a moment when we luxuriated in the lavishness of the Carringtons and the Trumps. ❋ Susannah Gora (2011)

On occasion its lavishness runneth over; Events dovetail a little too conveniently; emotions (and prose) grow so frantically sweeping as to feel strained. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And you know the lavishness of the big ranches, then and now. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The king commanded a tomb be built for Hephaestion that rivaled any previous memorial in cost and lavishness. ❋ Philip Freeman (2011)

True about UTC revenue, point is that a typical govt contractors modus operandi seems to be to maximize revenue from the customer (the govt) while appearing to cut costs (apparently to support execs lavishness & maybe shareholders). ❋ Unknown (2009)

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