1. Sixthly, there are severe lavishness in land used for construction.

2. Just because architecture may be growing more humble doesn't mean there's no place for over-the-top lavishness.

3. The prosperity is visibly striking, not only for its lavishness relative to surrounding areas but also for its uniformity.

4. A community office building (see photo) located in Taizhou, Zhejiang, was recently criticized by local media for its lavishness.

5. A true epic needs more than the grandeur of its landscapes, the lavishness of its sets and the sheer manpower of its battle scenes: It needs a truly epic story.

6. Lucullus spent the remainder of his days in voluptuous magnificence; a chinchilla robe of sybaritic lavishness.

7. Some local governments are competing with one another for lavishness and spend money hand over foot, arousing strong public resentment.

8. Earlier this year, Beijing banned billboards that promoted "hedonism, lavishness and the worship of foreign things, " Bloomberg reported.