Before the development of modern refrigeration, ice cream was a luxury reserved for special occasions.

Geishas were a luxury reserved for financial big shots and the military elite.

Mama remembered the days when long-distance phone calls had been a major luxury, reserved for birth or funeral announcements, maybe a quick ring on holidays.

Being angry is a luxury reserved for the public, which counts on the president to exercise more measured judgment.

The objective was to reduce staff and reduce expenses, so space planning and design were seen as luxuries best reserved for better days.

Even in the deepest recesses of the universe, there was no silence; peace was a luxury reserved for the grave.

Regret was a luxury reserved for the living, who still had the time, the breath and the energy to act.

In today's wobbly economy, most husbands simply can't afford divorce; serial monogamy has become a luxury reserved for billionaires.

Instead he lit a cigarette, a forbidden luxury reserved for when Kerry was out of the house, and inhaled greedily.

Air conditioning was a luxury reserved for the summer, and even then only if the electricity-rationing board permitted it.