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The word “luxurious” in literature is employed to evoke a sense of opulence, refinement, and sometimes moral excess. Writers use it to describe not only sumptuous settings—such as elegant dining rooms and richly appointed interiors [1, 2, 3]—but also to characterize personal habits and lifestyles that border on extravagant indulgence [4, 5, 6]. In some contexts the term conveys refined pleasure and comfort, highlighting the ease and sensory delight of a well-appointed life [7, 8, 9]. In other instances, however, it serves as a subtle critique of overabundance or moral decay, suggesting that excessive luxury can lead to indolence or corruption in social and political realms [10, 11, 12]. Overall, “luxurious” is a versatile descriptor that enriches the narrative by providing layers of aesthetic appeal as well as social commentary [13, 14, 15].
  1. They entered the elegant, newly decorated, and luxurious dining room.
    — from War and Peace by graf Leo Tolstoy
  2. The interior of this luxurious bedchamber might have made a striking picture for an artist's pencil.
    — from Lady Audley's Secret by M. E. Braddon
  3. Outside my friend's house, on the contrary, I enjoyed what, considering the habits of the locality, was the most luxurious reception.
    — from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner
  4. When I did get to bed at last I was unspeakably tired; the stretching out, and the relaxing of the long-tense muscles, how luxurious, how delicious!
    — from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
  5. She did lie down; she cast herself wearily upon the luxurious sofa in the dressing-room, and buried her face in the down pillows and tried to sleep.
    — from Lady Audley's Secret by M. E. Braddon
  6. “It lived the tranquil and luxurious life of a creature of independent means.
    — from Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain
  7. It was his luxurious custom to shave while sitting snugly in a tubful of hot water.
    — from Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis
  8. And she tried to keep herself awake in order to prolong the illusion of this luxurious life that she would soon have to give up.
    — from Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
  9. The time, unheeded, sped away, While love's luxurious pulse beat high, Beneath thy silver-gleaming ray, To mark the mutual-kindling eye.
    — from Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns
  10. And so, by the dog of Egypt, we have been unconsciously purging the State, which not long ago we termed luxurious.
    — from The Republic by Plato
  11. They disdained to serve the luxurious indolence of his unworthy son.
    — from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
  12. The people, under no restraint, soon grew dissolute, luxurious, and idle.
    — from The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) by Edmund Burke
  13. With her, to be one of the people, was to be miserable and innocent; one of the privileged, a luxurious tyrant.
    — from Sybil, Or, The Two Nations by Earl of Beaconsfield Benjamin Disraeli
  14. He will not feed them by an over-luxurious diet, nor allow the healthier instincts of the soul to be corrupted by music and poetry.
    — from Laws by Plato
  15. It is the luxurious and dissipated who set the fashions which the herd so diligently follow.
    — from Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau

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