as in reveling
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 luxuriating
But on this voyage, its passengers are not luxuriating.
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Marcy Thompson, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2026
Luckily for viewers, the film version of American Psycho presents the best aspects of the novel without luxuriating in book Bateman’s fevered misogyny.
—Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026
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.
—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
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
Paintings of the Chinese imperial court portray chows luxuriating in the role of companion dogs.
—Andrew Norman Wilson, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
Additionally, a host’s kitchen is not necessarily the space to engage in complicated cooking projects, and avoid luxuriating in a deep bathtub for hours (unless expressly discussed beforehand).
—Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Martha Stewart, 15 Feb. 2026
Rocky strains to convey his evolution from scrapping on the streets of Harlem to luxuriating in wealthy, starstruck domestic bliss.
—Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 19 Jan. 2026
Marcy Thompson, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2026
Luckily for viewers, the film version of American Psycho presents the best aspects of the novel without luxuriating in book Bateman’s fevered misogyny.
—Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026
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.
—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
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
Paintings of the Chinese imperial court portray chows luxuriating in the role of companion dogs.
—Andrew Norman Wilson, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
Additionally, a host’s kitchen is not necessarily the space to engage in complicated cooking projects, and avoid luxuriating in a deep bathtub for hours (unless expressly discussed beforehand).
—Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Martha Stewart, 15 Feb. 2026
Rocky strains to convey his evolution from scrapping on the streets of Harlem to luxuriating in wealthy, starstruck domestic bliss.
—Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 19 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for luxuriating
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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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Our friends converted their 400-person reception hall wedding into a spirited dance party at their home, with small groups of well-wishers, each small enough to fit into their bomb shelter, taking turns reveling.—
Michael M. Rosen,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
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Wildlife here is so prolific that guests aren’t permitted to walk about; rather they’re ferried about by safari vehicle, passing honking hippos, giant basking Nile crocodiles and huge numbers of butterflies and birds.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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Some of the kinder ones would give a Christmas tip if the apprentices did a good job cleaning their boots but others, basking in the new money of the Premier League, preferred to peacock.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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