All 10 Uses of
indulge
in
The American
- Inevitably, he had a vast deal to say about women, and he used frequently to indulge in sentimental and ironical apostrophes to these authors of his joys and woes.†
Chpt 7 *
- Newman indulged in a burst of hilarity, and explained that the house in which his brother-in-law lived was a large wooden structure, but that he manufactured and sold india-rubber on a colossal scale.†
Chpt 10
- The two men looked at each other, and Valentin indulged in another flash of physiognomical eloquence.†
Chpt 11
- Newman, who was constantly forgetting himself, and indulging in an unlimited amount of irresponsible inquiry and conjecture, now and then found himself confronted by the conscious, ironical smile of his host.†
Chpt 13
- Newman indulged in a brief and silent imprecation when he found that Madame de Cintre was not alone.†
Chpt 14
- These gentlemen bowed and smiled most agreeably, and Newman indulged in a series of impartial hand-shakes, accompanied by a "Happy to make your acquaintance, sir."†
Chpt 16
- One day he would sit hanging his head and looking as if he were firmly resolved never to smile again; another he would indulge in laughter that was almost unseemly and make jokes that were bad even for him.†
Chpt 23
- His native coolness, shrewdness, and deliberateness, his life-long submissiveness to the sentiment that words were acts and acts were steps in life, and that in this matter of taking steps curveting and prancing were exclusively reserved for quadrupeds and foreigners—all this admonished him that rightful wrath had no connection with being a fool and indulging in spectacular violence.†
Chpt 24
- And he laughed the laugh in which he indulged when he was most amused—a noiseless laugh, with his lips closed.†
Chpt 24
- He had never been so much alone or indulged so little in accidental dialogue.†
Chpt 26
Definition:
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(indulge) to give into a desire or enjoy something -- especially in excess of what is thought good--such as a desire to eat too much cake, or be too lazy
or:
to allow or help someone to get their way or enjoy something -- especially something that (probably because of excess) is not considered to be good or proper