SUMPTUOUS in a Sentence

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16 example sentences for SUMPTUOUS, such as:

1. I cannot recall when I have had such a sumptuous Thanksgiving feast.
2. The room had now been set in order, the sumptuous feather bed removed, and a table set before the sofa.
3. They were too hungry to stop to fish, but they fared sumptuously upon cold ham, and then threw themselves down in the shade to talk.

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 Meanings and Examples of SUMPTUOUS
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
sumptuous
 a.  magnificent and splendid, suggesting abundance and great expense; luxurious
Classic Sentence:
1  By and by, when we had dined in a sumptuous manner off boiled dabs, melted butter, and potatoes, with a chop for me, a hairy man with a very good-natured face came home.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3. I HAVE A CHANGE
2  He described it as an apartment of the most sumptuous nature, and said that he had drunk brown East India sherry there, of a quality so precious as to make a man wink.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 26. I FALL INTO CAPTIVITY
3  Porthos lived in an apartment, large in size and of very sumptuous appearance, in the Rue du Vieux-Colombier.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 7 THE INTERIOR* OF THE MUSKETEERS
4  The only thing I recollect is that I awoke in bed in a round chamber, the furniture of which was sumptuous, and into which light only penetrated by an opening in the ceiling.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 56 CAPTIVITY: THE FIFTH DAY
5  The room was whitewashed, as is the custom in prisons, but it looked quite brilliant to a prisoner, though a stove, a bed, a chair, and a table formed the whole of its sumptuous furniture.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 107. The Lions' Den.
6  She contemplated with the greatest interest this woman who gave the most sumptuous dinners in America, and who had all the men in New Orleans at her feet.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXXIX
7  In the window was a sumptuous writing-desk, and every detail of the apartment, the pictures, the rugs, and the hangings, all pointed to a taste which was luxurious to the verge of effeminacy.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND STAIN
8  The room had now been set in order, the sumptuous feather bed removed, and a table set before the sofa.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER III
9  It certainly was agreeable to fare sumptuously, drive in a fine carriage, wear her best frock every day, and do nothing but enjoy herself.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER NINE
10  John should find home a paradise, he should always see a smiling face, should fare sumptuously every day, and never know the loss of a button.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
11  They were too hungry to stop to fish, but they fared sumptuously upon cold ham, and then threw themselves down in the shade to talk.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
12  Opposite to this royal gallery was another, elevated to the same height, on the western side of the lists; and more gaily, if less sumptuously decorated, than that destined for the Prince himself.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
Example Sentence:
1  This month, she takes the lead in Kenneth Branagh's sumptuous new live-action version of Cinderella, before playing centre stage in a slew of other high-profile projects.
2  This is a book meant to engage its young audience viscerally; it is a sumptuous, deeply affecting work.
3  They fall in love; there's a giddy scene at a sumptuous May Ball where they dance beneath the stars.
4  I cannot recall when I have had such a sumptuous Thanksgiving feast.