"Carnaval" in particular blended subtlety with romantic excess, and seemed a work in progress.

(Flaubert knew that Cervantes had dealt with masculine romantic excesses.)

We had an important wedding anniversary recently and, in a moment of romantic excess, we called in a professional photographer to record the moment.

Despite the overall sadness of the tale, moments of mordant humor undercut Humbert's romantic excess.

For all its mess and romantic excess, "Pola X" has enough fireworks to keep you in your seat.

Such are the trappings of romantic excess - the stuff of Valentine's Day.

So Glyneth indulged herself with romantic excesses, and at times wondered if someone had cast a glamour upon her.

But while his novels remained somber studies of romantic excess, often dwelling on sexual obsessions, they began to exhibit a more direct emphasis on faith.

Maybe a couple of brushes with Kina were the cure for romantic excess.

Already before World War II, he was known as "a critic of romantic excess" in interpretations.