Smith had come from a decadent period in which handfighting had become stylized as fist fighting, No doubt he was adept in it.

During decadent periods, the soul sinks to the bottom of the pyramid; humanity searches only for external success, ignoring spiritual forces.

They're remaking flops, like "Dr. Doolittle," and dipping into the late decadent period of boomer TV with "The A-Team" and "Six Million Dollar Man."

Godefroy's edition was enriched with a multitude of important notes and historical comments, and became a standard authority on the decadent period of the Western Empire.

Archbishop Luis Alfonso de los Cameros began the building of the main chapel in 1674; the walls were decorated with marbles and bronzes in the over-ornate style of that decadent period.

His accession is considered the beginning of the decadent period in the history of the colonial government.

The buildings which they had seen evidently belonged to the decadent period during which the dwindling remnants of the Selenites asked only to eat and drink and breathe.

We're in a decadent period.

I think it's true we are living in a very decadent period for the visual arts, curators, critics and gallerists rule the roost, and at the very bottom of the greasy pole?

It was a decadent period, if the term means anything.