How to use "extravagant" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "extravagant" in popular movie and book plots

  • Peter Gusenberg also argues and fights with his moll, particularly over her extravagant spending of his money.  - The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (film)
  • Krusty's massive gambling debts and extravagant personal life land him in deep trouble with the Springfield Mafia.  - Homie the Clown
  • Known for her extravagant taste, Sheila has already cheated on Browning with several other sports figures, all of whom met bad ends.  - The Killers (1964 film)
  • In Venice, Marius lives the extravagant life of a respected Renaissance painter, and mentors many boys who serve as his apprentices.  - The Vampire Armand
  • Sarah is killed in an attempt to aid him, and Coalhouse uses the money he was saving for their wedding to pay for an extravagant funeral.  - Ragtime (novel)
  • Great excitement, a new extravagant home, but trouble: his flings get too overt and indiscreet and it creates tension.  - De-Lovely
  • As newlyweds, they travel to Europe where Nicole pays for Dick's partnership in a Swiss clinic and their extravagant lifestyle.  - Tender Is the Night
  • Wong), where George immediately begins complaining about the price of the extravagant wedding items.  - Father of the Bride (1991 film)
  • mr and mrs Gao announce they will visit from Taiwan, bringing gifts and US$30,000 to hold an extravagant wedding for their son.  - The Wedding Banquet
  • Noodles tries to impress Deborah on an extravagant date, and rapes her on their way home in a limousine, after which he becomes remorseful.  - Once Upon a Time in America
  • She sets about fattening him up with extravagant cooking.  - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (novel)
  • Sarason succeeds Windrip, but his extravagant and relatively weak rule creates a power vacuum in which Haik and others vie for power.  - It Can't Happen Here
  • Now extremely rich, he finds and marries Marie, and they buy an extravagant mansion.  - The Jerk
  • She is also unable to keep pace with Anna's fashionable dresses or Vronsky's extravagant spending on a hospital he is building.  - Anna Karenina
  • Crane, a Yankee and an outsider, sees marriage to Katrina as a means of procuring Van Tassel's extravagant wealth.  - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
  • Socialite Edith Hardy (Ward) has extravagant tastes.  - The Cheat (1915 film)

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