Example sentences for: decadence

How can you use “decadence” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • With an inherent pride so justifiably timeless, the rambling Galleria dell’Accademia (Accademia Gallery) is devoted almost exclusively to the artistic legacy of the master artists of Venice and the Veneto, from the 14th century of the republic’s emerging glory to the 18th century of its gentle decadence.

  • Ever since its early maritime days and through the 1950s — when gangsters who ran prostitution and gambling rackets made Havana synonymous with decadence — it has always held a slightly seedy, languorous allure.

  • Besides the works of the 14th-century masters Duccio, Pietro, and Ambrogio Lorenzetti, as well as Simone Martini, see Siena’s 16th-century Mannerists, painting at a time when the Renaissance teetered on the brink of effete decadence: Beccafumi’s dreamy Birth of Mary and a highly decorative Christ at the Column by Sodoma.

  • 6) She reflects our decadence.

  • People were chuckling about the Rome of the Decadence effect of the big lawn bolster recliners.


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