But lunches and dinners are sumptuous affairs.

"It's not likely to be a sumptuous affair," Picard said.

Breakfast, in spite of the anxiety of the King and Queen of Corumbia to see their son, was a sumptuous and merry affair.

Why pay $1,500 when there are so many equally sumptuous affairs that are free?

But compared with Jim Florio, whose primary night event featured a cash bar and no food, Mr. Corzine's party was a sumptuous affair.

It was a sumptuous affair, complete with canopied bed, deep carpeting, and lavish furnishings.

The monastery church with its 50m-high cupola and sumptuous Venetian interior made from pink and black Polish marble is a sumptuous if shabby affair.

Supper proved a sumptuous affair.

At the garden party, a sumptuous affair that Mr. Bocuse described as "downright Byzantine," some guest chefs brought specialties from their regions.

Dinner was a sumptuous affair served in the castle's great hall at a long tressel table filled with foodstuffs and dozens of additional bottles of wine.