[ UK /ɪndˈʌld‍ʒ/ ]
[ US /ˌɪnˈdəɫdʒ/ ]
VERB
  1. yield (to); give satisfaction to
  2. enjoy to excess
    She indulges in ice cream
  3. give free rein to
    The writer indulged in metaphorical language
  4. treat with excessive indulgence
    grandparents often pamper the children
    Let's not mollycoddle our students!
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How To Use indulge In A Sentence

  • This norm encourages people to add a lot of extraneous self-indulgent stuff because they see the guests as a captive audience.
  • The US had once looked upon Japanese ambitions with a level of sympathy, even indulgence.
  • His Eminence Don Pelasio de Labastida, an eighteenth century bishop of Mexico City set a scandalous example of such indulgence in earthly pleasures. To the charreada with stars in her eyes
  • I used to indulge in lonely debauches, on nights when I knew my crew was going to sleep ashore. Chapter 11
  • This column will doubtless attract accusations of self-indulgence, although you might equally contest that having demanded that my photograph appear at the top of the page and that my name appear in capitals and bold type, that particular ship has sailed. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
  • Possibly, this sympathy could appear somewhat self-indulgent, or over-dramatic, if not actually absurdly histrionic.
  • Old deliberate contemplations, perceptions after long regard ingathered from abundant nature, theories leisurely compacted in sunshine or storm, to stand in the fields of memory, crowned with beauty by the indulgent years. Apologia Diffidentis
  • Christians are to be taught that he who sees a man in need, and passes him by, and gives [his money] for pardons, purchases not the indulgences of the pope, but the indignation of God.
  • Orozco-Estrada may have been too indulgent of her slow adagio, but her clear vision of the final rondo again underlined a real artist in the making. Vienna Tonkünstler/Andrés Orozco-Estrada – review
  • He drives a top of the range Mercedes but has not indulged himself with a fleet of the sort of flash cars favoured by some in the football world.
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