If Lot had the tropical luxuriance of Sodom, Abraham [sic] had the refreshing breeze of the hills, whose soft slopes were sprinkled with stretches of gray olives, and picturesquely mingled groves of pomegranates, figs, apricots, and almonds; while round him spread waving patches of wheat and barley, varied by green gardens and vineyards so famous, that the Jews believed the vine had been first planted by God's own hand on these fertile slopes. (redeeminggod.com)
It grows everywhere in the greatest luxuriance as a fine bush loaded with bunches of the pretty bright green and red berries. (fieryfoodscentral.com)
In contrast to the in - your - face pop culture riff of Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet, Almereyda opts for a more cool, detached mode and a clean visual luxuriance, staging things in long, fluid takes, beautifully realized by DP John de Boorman. (filmcomment.com)