as in to revel
to enjoy something that is appealingly rich or relaxing
He spent the morning luxuriating in his bed. She luxuriated in the beauties of the natural world.
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Recent Examples of luxuriate
The lurch from declaring fears about Iran to be mere media exaggerations to invoking imminent threat, from demanding the Nobel Peace Prize to luxuriating in lethality, is the essence of the autocrat’s monopoly on unpredictability.
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Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 9 Apr. 2026
As a girl, the narrator lived on the island with her father, a marine biologist, and spent many of her days in the ocean with her best friend, Arielle, luxuriating in the semi-wilderness.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
Dust mites love to luxuriate here too, and these microscopic pests can wreak havoc on your allergies.
—Sunshine Flint, Architectural Digest, 2 Apr. 2026
Black Hills bucket-listing aside, time here is best spent tubing and fishing on the river, luxuriating in the infrared sauna, or listening to a doleful coyote song under a blanket of stars.
—Ashlea Halpern, Time, 12 Mar. 2026
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Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 9 Apr. 2026
As a girl, the narrator lived on the island with her father, a marine biologist, and spent many of her days in the ocean with her best friend, Arielle, luxuriating in the semi-wilderness.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
Dust mites love to luxuriate here too, and these microscopic pests can wreak havoc on your allergies.
—Sunshine Flint, Architectural Digest, 2 Apr. 2026
Black Hills bucket-listing aside, time here is best spent tubing and fishing on the river, luxuriating in the infrared sauna, or listening to a doleful coyote song under a blanket of stars.
—Ashlea Halpern, Time, 12 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for luxuriate
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The pair sequester themselves in a shed while guests revel outside in the sunshine.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
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Nebraska fans with seats around the tunnel spotted them, because thousands of Nebraska fans were still in their seats, reveling, the music still thumping in the arena, as if some kind of encore would be happening.—
Joe Rexrode,
New York Times,
22 Mar. 2026
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Performing in San Francisco means so many who have been with her since her earliest days get a chance to bask in her glory, seeing a local girl making good and thriving at the highest levels of commercial theater.—
David John Chávez,
Mercury News,
4 May 2026
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Stays at River Bluff Farm start with farm-fresh breakfasts and often involve floating down the river, picnicking atop the bluff, or basking in golden-hour views from the expansive deck.—
Hayley Hutson,
Travel + Leisure,
2 May 2026
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“Luxuriate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/luxuriate. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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