indulged

Example Sentences

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Yet Owens eagerly indulged his son’s tale because this kind of thinking is now the primary currency of outrage media.

From Salon • May 23, 2026

Andrew was a royal prince, who everyone I spoke to said was both entitled and indulged.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

The jacket photo of “To Absent Friends,” which features Welty and Lyell in a theatrical pose, as if they were matinee idols, hints at the kind of personal theater in which they indulged as 20-somethings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

After living in a 2,600-square-foot home, Bauer indulged her passion for orange by painting all of the walls of her apartment a pale orange to make her ceramics, wall pockets, glass and furniture pop.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2025

And it comes most often to the parents of only children, parents who have indulged in black dreams of loss.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck