PROFLIGACY in a Sentence

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1. Of the asceticism that deadens the senses, as of the vulgar profligacy that dulls them, it was to know nothing.

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 Meanings and Examples of PROFLIGACY
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profligacy
 n.  the trait of spending extravagantly
 n.  dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure
Classic Sentence:
1  The extravagance and general profligacy which he scrupled not to lay at Mr. Wickham's charge, exceedingly shocked her; the more so, as she could bring no proof of its injustice.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 36
2  Of the asceticism that deadens the senses, as of the vulgar profligacy that dulls them, it was to know nothing.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 11
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