EXTRAVAGANZA in a Sentence

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1. But these extravaganzas only show that Nantucket is no Illinois.

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 Meanings and Examples of EXTRAVAGANZA
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
extravaganza
 n.  an elaborate, spectacular entertainment or display; something out of rule, as in music, the drama
 n.  elaborate, spectacular entertainment or display; something out of rule, as in music, the drama
Classic Sentence:
1  But these extravaganzas only show that Nantucket is no Illinois.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 14. Nantucket.
Example Sentence:
1  So anyone who sat through last night's two-hour extravaganza thinking "hang on, what does it LOOK like?" just hasn't been to enough Sony hardware reveals.
2  With an outsize extravaganza that reached deep into the repertory of classical music and ballet, traversed the sights and sounds of the world's largest geopolitical expanse, soared into outer space and swept across millenniums of history in a celebration of everything from czarist military might to Soviet monumentalism, a swaggering, resurgent Russia turned its Winter Olympic aspirations into reality on Friday night.
3  Now let's apply these lofty standards to this early extravaganza of the season: Oblivion has got a pretty good look, a sterile beauty yet beauty nonetheless.