Sample Sentences for
indulgent
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    Her love made her afraid of being unduly indulgent, indeed.  (source)
    indulgent = permissive and generous
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    Haymitch, his face puffy and red from the previous day's indulgences, is chuckling.  (source)
    indulgences = things enjoyed excessively (knowing Haymitch, probably alcohol)
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    Extravagance is considered self-indulgent and unnecessary.  (source)
    self-indulgent = excessively kind to or undemanding of oneself
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    Privacy was an adult indulgence, but when he got to be one, he seemed not to need it.  (source)
    indulgence = thing enjoyed
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    Even if Napoleon was right, and Charlie was inclined to be indulgent, the courtiers would never let such an opportunity pass.  (source)
    indulgent = kind or tolerant in judgment
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    But once a year, they all smiled indulgently at the commotion from the little ones waiting to receive their names and families.  (source)
    indulgently = with extra tolerance or kindness
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    I told him I would give him no such thing, for neither he nor I was of an age for such indulgences.  (source)
    indulgences = excessive enjoyments
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    Simon feels a certain contempt for material self-indulgence; and as a medical student he became habituated to a monkish austerity, and to working long hours under difficult conditions.  (source)
    self-indulgence = being excessively kind to or undemanding of oneself
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    I actually feel quite self-indulgent at the moment, telling you all about me, me, me.  (source)
    self-indulgent = excessively tolerant to or undemanding of oneself while too focused on personal desires
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    Please permit the room to convey a lesson we learned from the same teachers: the proximity of a desirable thing tempts one to overindulgence.†  (source)
    standard prefix: The prefix "over-" in overindulgence means excessive. This is the same pattern as seen in words like overconfident, overemphasize, and overstimulate.
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    Which was why Alex Conklin telephoned him after a generally overindulgent lunch-also established-with an "update" of the Snake Lady crisis.†  (source)
    standard prefix: The prefix "over-" in overindulgent means excessively. This is the same pattern as seen in words like overconfident, overemphasize, and overstimulate.
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    I must crave your indulgence for appearing in this unseemly fashion.  (source)
    indulgence = treatment with extra kindness or tolerance
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    When he reaches Broadway he changes his mind and hails a cab. The decision feels indulgent, as it is not particularly late, or cold, or raining, and he is in no great rush to be home.  (source)
    indulgent = like he is treating himself too well (excessive kindness to himself without enough concern for the cost)
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