| The disaster occurred at a time of year when we have just wallowed in a shameful orgy of over-indulgence and conspicuous consumption. |
| In Thailand, a cappuccino costs the equivalent of three bowls of noodles, enhancing its potential for conspicuous consumption. |
| Typically these outlanders are lampooned for their conspicuous consumption and lack of community commitment. |
| Society observers and media sources agree that conspicuous consumption has exploded in the past decade. |
| Complaining about this kind of ostentation, and this evidence of conspicuous consumption, of course makes one sound like Scrooge. |
| It is all conspicuous consumption of premium champagne, BMWs and surface flash. |
