How To Use Indulge In A Sentence
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This norm encourages people to add a lot of extraneous self-indulgent stuff because they see the guests as a captive audience.
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The US had once looked upon Japanese ambitions with a level of sympathy, even indulgence.
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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
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I used to indulge in lonely debauches, on nights when I knew my crew was going to sleep ashore.
Chapter 11
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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
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Possibly, this sympathy could appear somewhat self-indulgent, or over-dramatic, if not actually absurdly histrionic.
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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
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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.
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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
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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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Well, the often interesting BSS bunch pandered to the crowd and although they did do some self-indulgent jams, it was all by the book.
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For many young men, this would be a licence to indulge in debauchery, but Richie was a sensitive soul.
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Too frequently the stories seem to settle for, at worst, an indulgence in superficial whimsy, at best, a cultivation of the bizarre in situation and event that, at least as I read them, can't bear the weight they're asked to bear when left to provide the primary source of dramatic interest.
Genre Fiction
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We may then sum up by saying that Lord Byron generally established on an impregnable rock, guarded by unbending principles, those great virtues to which principles are essential; but that, after making these treasures secure -- for treasures they are to the man of honor and worth -- once having placed them beyond the reach of sensibility and sentiment, he may sometimes have allowed the _lesser virtues_ (within ordinary bonds) such indulgence as flowed from his kindly nature, and such as his youth rendered natural to a feeling heart and ardent imagination.
Lord Byron jugé par les témoins de sa vie. English
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So the starting point of the law is an essentially agnostic view of religious beliefs and a tolerant indulgence to religious and cultural diversity.
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Vasudeva said," Do not, O tiger among men, indulge in such grief that emaciates thy body.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12
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The sumptuous VIP room - the Krug Room - is an intimate setting where indulgence is accompanied by fine delicacies like oysters and caviar.
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Love is foolish and self- destructive when people get addicted to gambling, alcohol, drugs, and sensual indulgence. Many people suffer from this kind of negative love. Dr T.P.Chia
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Many respectable scholars flirt with this stage, and some seem to delight in flaunting their embrace of it; their more staid colleagues are usually indulgent.
Did you know that Jews control the Washington Post? [Bumped.] - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState
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He knew perfectly that I recommended nothing of the sort, and he must have been very angry to indulge in this _boutade_.
The Path Of Duty
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It can be tough when your father, the prime minister, has just indulged in pulpitry about drunken yobs.
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Firstly, we should not allow ourselves to indulge in hype about the consequences of the disease.
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One of the types I try to avoid is the "married but playful" kind: the ones that are stepping out on their spouses to indulge their preferences on the down-low.
Recommended Reading
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Heal a digestive tract after illness or overindulgence with glutamine or a course of probiotics.
Times, Sunday Times
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In Shakespeare's "Henry IV," the rotund, free-living Falstaff character was known as Plump Jack, famous for his speech defending jovial indulgences--"banish plump Jack and banish all the world.
To Ski Or Not To Ski
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Given their love of luxe, Leos tend to overindulge in delectably unnecessary high-fat and sugary goodies.
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Most of us rove in the middle range of self-identification, with an indulgent but generally people-friendly narcissism.
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Grandparents tend to be more indulgent of grandchildren than the parents themselves.
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These were such an expensive indulgence for me at the time (balata balls had great feel but cut easily) that I never actually used them.
Balls in the Basement
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Many of the insanities start in this fashion; and all such practices, instead of being encouraged, should be discouraged; and all experienced and intelligent students of psychical research warn those who "dabble" in the subject against the repeated and promiscuous indulgence in such practices -- because of the dangerous, even disastrous, effects upon the mind, in many instances.
The Problems of Psychical Research Experiments and Theories in the Realm of the Supernormal
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Buy yourself the swankiest, most outrageous, most indulgent party outfit you can lay your hands on—such as Dolce & Gabbana lace bustier gown £2,690, Net-a-Porter —and go to the party safe in the knowledge that you will be wearing the most amazing outfit there.
The Perfect Party Outfit
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Vegetables and bread, when they indulged in such luxuries, and even fresh water, was to be procured from the main land, which was about five miles distant.
Chapter 19
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As a side bonus, the more you have to cook it yourself, the less you'll be tempted to overindulge in goodies.
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Therefore in reviewing the opinions and practices of ruder ages and races we shall do well to look with leniency upon their errors as inevitable slips made in the search for truth, and to give them the benefit of that indulgence which we ourselves may one day stand in need of: _cum excusatione itaque veteres audiendi sunt.
The Golden Bough
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We know how tempting it can be to indulge in listening to or passing along a juicy rumor.
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In an age of crassness, vulgarity and self-indulgence, she has continued to be an icon of what we once were and of what we might yet become again.
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Unfortunately it's weighted down with accretion upon accretion of utterly self-indulgent pomposity.
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Unlike many other politicians, he refuses to indulge in cheap jibes at other people's expense.
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Shorter pockets can indulge among the automobilia, with petrol and sparking plug enamel advertising signs at anything from 20 upwards.
Times, Sunday Times
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Can they not see that they are imperilling us all with their show boat self indulgence?
Archive 2007-04-15
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Beigel, in Virchow's Archives, mentions a cryptorchid of twenty-two who had nocturnal emissions containing spermatozoa and who indulged in sexual congress.
Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
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He is indulgent about this, but plainly baffled.
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Last week, I had a four day trip, away on my own and naughtily I decided to indulge.
All Things Girl » All Things Girl » 2008 » April
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Given their love of luxe, Leos tend to overindulge in delectably unnecessary high-fat and sugary goodies.
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To prefer food to art, capriciousness and indulgence to "simplicity" and "contemplat [ion]," and eating to other forms of incorporation, is, of course, a female or effeminated preference (Gill 597).
Wordsworths Balladry: Real Men Wanted
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Many items came complete with copper food warmers, and the entire evening was one of indulgence (and overindulgence at times).
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It was meant to be a low-key opportunity to stay with Rob, indulge in a little low-key madness and see a few old friends.
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The solicitation of dale is now immunodeficient to a nonindulgence of colorimetrical darjeeling, from overachiever highlighter to pearlescent toot.
Rational Review
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It was an interesting, if self-indulgent speech.
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The self-indulgent can stay alongside the fairways in villas offering butler service and a golf buggy.
Times, Sunday Times
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It is sometimes necessary to indulge a sick child.
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But on this particular day it seemed as if some of the ingredients were wanting, for the morning and afternoon passed, to the astonishment of all, without a single "phiz" as the girls were wont somewhat felicitously to call the frequent passages of arms in which the two girls considered it their peculiar privilege to indulge.
Hollowmell or, A Schoolgirl's Mission
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By night, he toils on his self-indulgent solo art film, obsessively documenting the minutiae of his life while the bigger picture-the growing distance between him and his foxy French lady friend Marlene-eludes him.
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The treatments were truly indulgent and there were complimentary towels and refreshments served while I chilled out in the superb facilities.
The Sun
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I am privileged to have escaped the monotonous toil of endless physical labour and to have experienced a soft life in which I have been able to indulge my passion for history.
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One needn't indulge utopian fantasies about abolishing government corruption or dealing a death blow to the power of monied interests in politics.
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Abbey freely indulged in two of the huge, gooey chocolate chip cookies.
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Using traditional methods, skilled craftsmen and craftswomen indulge in Basketwork, which is famous in and around Ecuador.
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It's what every flashpacker really wants: wilderness adventures followed by wildly indulgent spa treatments.
Times, Sunday Times
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All this exactness of requisition appeared to me to be going rather too far; and I exhibited my feeling on the subject, in the tone in which I replied, that I had stated every thing that was necessary for the satisfaction of a "man of sense, but that I had neither the faculty nor the inclination to indulge the captiousness of any man.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843
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The decomposed body of King Midas, lying in state in his coffin, might be viewed as the just reward for his over-indulgence.
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The inheritance spent, the painters indulge in reverie, romanticizing the past, retreating into what Jung would call the collective unconscious.
Haiti: an act of Devil « Anglican Samizdat
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Alas my kink is hard to indulge, yet everywhere there is torment.
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They indulged in some serious horseshoeing and harness making, but more frequently their band earned its living amusing, and sometimes fleecing, visitors to holy sites, festivals, and fairs.
La insistencia de Jürgen Fauth
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In both cases, you probably become famished and are more likely to make poor food choices and overindulge, says Walls.
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They are brilliant at their best, overindulgent and far too twiddly at their worst.
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The fact that there is so little at stake in terms of financial rewards, book royalties and readerships means that innovative writers can afford a little self-indulgence.
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Don't indulge in rich sauces, fried food and thick pastry as these are high in fat.
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But they mocked it in a sufficiently understated manner that, if you'll indulge me, I'm going to try to get a little more mileage out of it.
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No self-indulgent twaddle, no luvvy duvvy waffle, no tedious explaining what we're looking at, no extraneous family members self-aggrandising and hogging the airtime with totally irrelevant bullshit.
Update
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Some people feel it is rather self-indulgent to reward themselves for making such progress.
Coping with Angina
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The writer indulged in metaphorical language
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Each day we seem to sink deeper into the quicksand of self-indulgence.
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The director said that the casual attitude of visitors had already cost the garden a lot of damage. " Many indulge in disfiguring trees and even steal precious plants.
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Given this kind of forum to indulge their tastes, people find their personal groove and use myriad tags to find like-minded individuals.
Times, Sunday Times
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However, the British, having adequate pasture for mature cattle, have generally been able to indulge their preference for beef.
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It gives us a measure of the indulgent sympathy and religious tolerance which prevailed in this Evangelical home, that the parents should have unhesitatingly supplied the boy of fourteen, at some cost of time and trouble, with all the accessible writings of the "atheistical" poet, and with those of his presumably like-minded friend Keats as well.
Robert Browning
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It felt self-indulgent and a bit embarrassing.
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The sailor, who was a "Bostonian," an inheritance with the ship, opened his mouth in favor of the unfortunate professor, but like his mates, he stood in much awe of a master whose indulgence demanded implicit obedience in return.
Rezánov
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Another friend has always informed me that passion is good, indulge in it and get enjoyment and pleasure.
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What might seem like self-indulgent mood swings could be something much more serious and completely outside his control.
The Sun
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Their pleasure was not happiness, contemporaries charged, but egotism, immorality, indulgence, and vice.
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His best work, though, is self-indulgent, redundant, and exasperating, and therein lay its charms.
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It is important that we go to confession and receive Holy Communion, attend Mass and visit the cemetery to gain a plenary indulgence for the Holy Souls.
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That large order of large “Natural-Cut French Fries” that I like to order when I indulge is another 500 calories.
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Double Standard of Libertarian Paternalism
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But the camp performer always knows that he is being sentimental and enjoys the indulgence.
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When money ran out, they were the only ones working on their land not grudging their son's indulgence in the newfound joys of matrimony.
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Ill would it beseem my habit and my calling, to thrust myself into match-making and giving in marriage, but worse were it in me to see your lordships do needless wrong to the feelings which are proper to our nature, and which, being indulged honestly and under the restraints of religion, become a pledge of domestic quiet here, and future happiness in a better world.
The Monastery
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You simply have to visit the show and indulge me through my halls and chambers to get to it.
Times, Sunday Times
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They also assured the government that Muslims will themselves boycott such madrasas if the government produce any authentic evidence or proof regarding anti-national acts being indulged in by them.
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Predictably, the Australian news media has indulged in a frenzy of self-indulgent commentary on the issue.
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Beyond sentimentality and self-indulgence, these backward glances at a naïve landscape awaken - or reawaken - the conservationist within us.
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They even turn the amps up and indulge in a little fuzzy guitar noodling near the end, but the song still plods along the nap time path.
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I'll bet most of you reading this can relate to the struggle back and forth: indulgence vs. virtue, comfort food vs. fitness fuel.
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The prospect of yet more exploitative taxes to support reproducer indulgence means that a questioning of the bio-political privileging of natality is long overdue.
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I do not speak from personal experience, for I detest the sweet, cloying stuff; but it occasionally fell to my lot to guide down-stairs the uncertain footsteps of some ventripotent Kommerzien-Rath, or even of Mr. Over-Inspector of Railways himself, both temporarily incapacitated by injudicious indulgence in Swedish Punch.
The Days Before Yesterday
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Shops upon shops upon shops so that the people can mindlessly indulge their never-ending quest for consumer goods.
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The assumption is that we need professional help to rid our rotten bodies of all the poisons and harmful chemicals accumulated during the season of overindulgence.
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After several years of settling for low-fat - and often tasteless - alternatives in the name of health, consumers have decided they deserve something better, something indulgent.
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You could indulge in a special heart shaped Valentine chocolates and pick from specialty pralines including nougat mocha, walnut and caramel and coconut bounty.
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He had been a strict father but was indulgent to/towards his grandchildren.
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I kind of overindulged on carbs over the weekend, football party and beer you know.
Seahawks vs Jets | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.
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Really, it's just the latest way we can indulge in one-upmanship.
Times, Sunday Times
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I already struggle not to feel the wool is being pulled over my eyes, or perhaps (to be kinder) I simply feel that there is a strong sort of wishful thinking going on by those involved; so for the Church to indulge in this sort of cosmeticism when the miraculousness should be allowed its own self-evidence - it makes me feel as if I'm being patronized.
Incorruptible and Forever
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In one example, a student who preferred to drink alcohol during class overindulged, and made inappropriate posts to the class chat.
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We have indulged in some mountain biking and hiking here which is always rewarded with lovely views.
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His questions were annoying but it was easier to indulge him than try and protest.
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They can then indulge their particular interests, whenever they like, wherever they like, and as often as they like.
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He was neither a prude nor a Puritan, but he was scornful of self-indulgence, and though he earned a reputation as the champion of the poor, it was only of the deserving and never of the idle.
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A compartmentalized thinker who indulges in epistemology can destroy his knowledge, yet retain it as well.
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So get plenty of rest, don't overindulge in food or alcohol, and don't overschedule.
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For the truly self-indulgent, Viva Brasil in Genoa Nervi makes custom bikinis to order.
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It also indulged complexity to aggrandize the rich.
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The biggest problem with overindulgence in chocolate is weight gain.
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Odin hefted the axe over his shoulder and smiled indulgently as the boar reached him.
The Pig’s End « A Fly in Amber
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Well, it is time to get down and dirty to trick your brain into thinking you indulged.
The Sun
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Therefore, it is necessary for us to use Internet in a reasonable way and restrain overindulgence.
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Pope Sixtus IV's fund-raising campaign touted indulgences which would free your deceased loved ones suffering in purgatory.
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The squirearchy does not have some exclusive licence to indulge in barbarism just because grandpa thought slaughter was a sport and the tenants know their place.
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It was in a particular manner noted for fornication, insomuch that a Corinthian woman was a proverbial phrase for a strumpet, and korinthiazein, korinthiasesthai -- to play the Corinthian, is to play the whore, or indulge whorish inclinations.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)
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In the end, I think the nays had it - this was pretty self-indulgent.
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To cacoon and even entomb one's mind in tendentiously conceived definitions and platitudes, likewise imagining that doing so is tantamount to serious inquiry and thought, is the very hallmark of the ideological religionist, to indulge the term in a simple and purely pejorative sense.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
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But as Imogen's obsession intensifies, it gets harder and harder not to grow tired of the way everyone caters to her with indulgent credulity.
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Guilt ridden , parents then indulge their children with gifts and indiscipline.
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She indulged herself too freely with alcohol.
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But for the ultimate indulgence this winter, splash out on one of the new fake furs.
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Have we become a nation of obese imbeciles too sated with our diet of consumerism, television and self-indulgence to care who is pulling the strings at the top?
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It began to provide leisure facilities for its members, including rooms in the Queen Street headquarters for people who played bagatelle, billiards and ‘who wished to indulge in the doubtful activity of smoking’.
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Suddenly that pilgrimage to Celtic Park doesn't sound quite so impossibly self-indulgent.
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I saw it yesterday - a midday summer movie by myself, one of my few truly decadent indulgences - and found it surprisingly funny and true.
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Sensual and self-indulgent, they will pursue their pleasures as ardently and lustfully as they pursue their professional endeavors.
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He would feign illness and his gran would indulge him.
Times, Sunday Times
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Lets look at some way to sort out this over-indulgence - at least in young people.
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The new work is far more prolix, diffuse, and ultimately self-indulgent.
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The emotion is real and affecting, but never maudlin or self-indulgent.
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The floor of the cafe seemed suddenly brilliant to me, the bright wood vivid in the artificial light - tho’ perhaps I oughtn't to have indulged in that espresso, not at 7.30-ish in the evening.
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+ The second sort (odium inimicitiae, or hostility) aims directly at the person, indulges a propensity to see what is evil and unlovable in him, feels a fierce satisfaction at anything tending to his discredit, and is keenly desirous that his lot may be an unmixedly hard one, either in general or in this or that specified way.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability
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Sometimes they indulge false hopes that by lying low, truckling, appeasing, they can avoid danger and strife… And this is what seems to have happened in Spain.
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Research suggests that for men savoury foods are more likely to trigger an almost uncontrollable urge to indulge.
Times, Sunday Times
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The soccer fans indulged their patriotism, waving flags and singing songs.
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Ape mothers nurse their babies for several years, and during this period they are protective and attentive to the point of indulgence.
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I'm taking the afternoon off to eat lunch at our favourite restaurant (if we can fit it in after our mid-morning indulgences), and then go buy myself a birthday prezzie.
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Mice lacking this protein can indulge in fatty food but remain as slim as mice on a lower-fat diet, a new study reports.
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It is sometimes necessary to indulge a sick child.
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My one fault is the overindulgence of a bleak perspective.
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Unlike many other politicians, he refuses to indulge in cheap jibes at other people's expense.
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When the patrons at his restaurant would like to indulge in a decadent potation, they will have to choose between Dom Perignon and Krug.
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How can we take without either a shudder or a laugh the abject refusal of Emmathat "imaginist," self-indulgent, independent, charmingly creative and snobbish heroineto call Knightley "George" after they are betrothed: "I never can call you any thing but Mr. Knightley" (III. xvii, 420).
Box Hill and the Limits of Realism
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So perhaps before we indulge ourselves in a ritual sneer at those luckless rich, with their empty life of floating purgatory, we should look a little harder at ourselves and our own view of the outside world.
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Since the excess of animality and the accumulation and abundance of its stratas have their origin in food, drink and indulgence in carnal pleasures, a fast accomplishes what abundant food cannot.
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However, I fear they are retreating, and minority indulgences such as cribbage are going the same way as dominoes, shove ha'penny, bar billiards, and the very jolly, unpretentious boozers in which they used to be played day and night.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
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They went into town to indulge in some serious shopping.
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On the other days of the year this indulgence is a partial one.
11/01/2003 - 12/01/2003
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But she says these are special occasion indulgence pieces, not necessarily suitable for doing the weekly shop or walking the dog.
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My one self-indulgence is expensive coffee.
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Americans have either no leisure, or no inclination for those moments of delassement that all other people, I believe, indulge in.
Domestic Manners of the Americans
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Don't always indulge in empty talk.
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Encouraged by politicians, many adults indulge the infantile fantasy that the Government can bestow gifts on us while imposing costs on no one.
Times, Sunday Times
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Indulge at length your preoccupation with lying, bullying, malice, chicanery, duplicity and revenge.
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I have zero appetite for the indulgence of spoiled brats, and I will tell her this myself if you don't.
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THERE are so many stylish luxury hotels vying to pamper and indulge these days that it can be hard to know where to splash your cash.
Times, Sunday Times
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We all overindulge occasionally.
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Theirs was a complex relationship, alternating between filial indulgence and collegial rivalry.
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Bellville, does not the very word indulge shew the sensation to be pleasurable?
The history of Lady Julia Mandeville
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Driving an SUV when it really is not necessary is an example of overindulgence in the United States.
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Not the less soured by these multiplied causes of irritation, from the reflection that they were attributable to his own follies and vices, he gave full scope to his resentments, and indulged himself in expressions of angry reproach against what he termed the ingratitude of his country, which provoked those around him, and gave great offense to Congress.
Life and Times of Washington
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You may be a victim of malice, spite and slander as friends and associates indulge in negative gossip.
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Their ruinous vice, if we are to trust the records of the time, was what the old monks called accidia -- [Greek text] -- and ranked it as one of the seven deadly sins: a general careless, sleepy, comfortable habit of mind, which lets all go its way for good or evil -- a habit of mind too often accompanied, as in the case of the Angle-Danes, with self-indulgence, often coarse enough.
Historical Lectures and Essays
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Far more worrying is the veiled victim-blaming indulged in by influential environmental experts who ought to know better.
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Who, after all, is going to overindulge our children when they are no longer with us, when they are all grown and on their own?
Richard Bromfield, Ph.D.: Unspoiling Your Child
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What looks like self-indulgence is actually self-punishment.
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The monks, who had been easy and indulgent landlords, were succeeded by selfish despots who introduced rack-rent for the tenants and brought them to that pitiable state of serfdom in which the nineteenth century—to the eternal shame of Protestant England!
The Social Order Before and After the Protestant Reformation
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Consumerism is a bottomless pit of self-indulgence and excessiveness that, rather than being fulfilling, leaves people craving for still more.
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The nation which indulges towards another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave.
Advice to Our Next President, From Our First President
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They indulge their child too much; it's bad for his character.
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Our masses are ignorant of their religion and easily indulge in customs borrowed from polytheists.
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Will Self indulged in a prolix exchange on the subject of branding; Mark Dolan of Balls of Steel hosted a chat show; and comedian Adam Riches challenged the crowd to Swingball.
The art of banter: 'It's like a boxing match. It can be bruising'
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From the barmily romantic ‘Just Like Fred Astaire’ to the anthemic ‘We're Going To Miss You ’, this is indulgent, swaggering and even survives Sinead O'Connor on ‘Vervaceous’.
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Bladderworts, pitcher plants, and sundews all indulge their carnivorous tastes.
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Being in the Rockies meant she could indulge her love of skiing, mountain biking and rugged living.
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She lost herself in indulgent kisses, swimming in the headiness of a boy!
Storytelling. «
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For the believers in society and community, however, such views raised the spectre of lawlessness and anarchic self-indulgence.
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Yes, indulgent parents, there is now such a thing as ‘pampered child syndrome’.
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Unscrupulous buyers might also decide to play dirty and indulge in a bit of gazundering - they put in a lower offer just before the exchange of contracts.
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It's easy to dismiss Peake's visual output as indulgent gothic fantasy; and indeed his images set the tone for so many subsequent cliches of the genre: the emaciated pallor of his somnambulistic protagonists, the obsessive detailing and filigree patterning of his graphic mannerisms, the too easy reliance on grotesque distortions.
This week's new exhibitions
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Poetry books are my substitute for chocolate so, within reason, I indulge myself without guilt.
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When depressed, they dramatically overindulge in chocolate and sweets.
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I personally indulge in cigars I wish I could use “lunt” the next time our Cigar Club meets and usually have at the ready C.H.
The Very Best Pipe Tobacco - 22 Words
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In an age of crassness, vulgarity and self-indulgence, she has continued to be an icon of what we once were and of what we might yet become again.
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Some might then indulge in a couple of drinks, and the event turns into 'a nice, chilled, dancey, party-type thing'.
Times, Sunday Times
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He was able, thus, to disentangle true catatonia, true hebephrenia and the deteriorating paranoid process, all of which led to a catastrophic outcome, from the benign clinical patterns which were forced into those groups due to an overindulgent criterion.
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They were cooked until the white but not the yolk was set, allowing me to indulge in my favourite Sunday pastime of dipping the brittle, breadstick-like crust into the pool of rich, runny yellowness spreading over my plate.
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So send the children out for another whizz around the shops and indulge yourself for a while.
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I do not think it is the role of councillors to indulge in pomp and circumstance: we have been elected to do, not to show.
On becoming dignified
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Many students overlook the fact that self-destructive behaviors such as overindulgence in alcohol or caffeine, drug abuse, and ignoring signs of fatigue are manifestations of self-violence.
American Yoga Association Beginner’s Manual Fully Revised and Updated
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The warmth of the restaurant and a few glasses of sherry really hit the spot, and having unthawed, we indulged in mouth-watering Southern cooking eating scrumptious shrimp and grits.
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I'm still waiting for the culture to rid itself of its tiresome reverence of the 60s and kitschy kicky indulgence of the 70s, and explore the 80s as something other than an era of legwarmers, poufy hair, shoulderpads and Dallas.
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Like many autobiographers, her honesty leans towards self-indulgence in her refusal to attempt to give the reader anything more than a blandly introspective narrative.
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Then came the inevitable moment of grateful acknowledgment when her senses brought of their best to pay for their indulgence -- their best on this occasion being that vow to Israfil which presently she found herself renewing.
The Heavenly Twins
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Bored and whimsical, he indulges an idle, faintly epicurean interest in a beautiful boy sporting on the beach; then he is transfigured by epiphanic agony as the older man falls in love with the younger.
