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overindulge

[oh-ver-in-duhlj] / ˌoʊ vər ɪnˈdʌldʒ /


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“Memory for humans has been so fleeting that when we then get tools to conserve, we overindulge in it,” he said.

From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2024

But if you overindulge the rest of the time then you might put on even more weight.

From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2024

Two-thirds of those surveyed said they overindulge in food, nearly 45% said they take a break from exercise and more than half report feeling tired and have less time for themselves.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2023

Maybe not, as these San Francisco Bay Area restaurants have implemented a vomit cleanup fee for patrons who overindulge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2023

“It was hard to think. It was hard not to let off steam. It was hard not to overindulge in all the natural activities of life.”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

The character charms as a foil to the humorless Mudge crew, though LaValle slightly overindulges this “soothe the savage beast” trope.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 28, 2023

Whether or not her mom overindulges her, wanting to pick which college she goes to and where she lives hardly makes your daughter a spoiled brat.

From Slate ● Dec. 2, 2020

“Whipped Cream,” his remaking of a 1924 ballet about a boy who overindulges in a pastry shop, is back for one week.

From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2017

And Ford, as he's done ever since the early Star Wars movies, overindulges in scowling and growling.

From Time ● Jul. 28, 2011

When he overindulges, Stoltzfus debates: Should I say something now?

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 12, 2011

"New year health goals also sent many of us who overindulged during the festive period on the hunt for sports supplements as we pushed our bodies back into exercise mode."

From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026

Humankind, at last unshackled from the overindulged tedium of the modern world, unburdened by factual overload, could sit back and reap the bounty of being able once again to think.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 28, 2023

Perhaps that’s why, in the season finale, the understandable impulse on the part of the show’s creators to showcase the positive and joyous sides of trans life are overindulged.

From Slate ● Jun. 6, 2021

I overindulged, and I have lost my appetite.

From Salon ● Dec. 26, 2020

Ravenswood, to avoid hearing the dispute betwixt the father and the overindulged boy, thought it most polite to turn his face once more towards the pictures, and pay no attention to what they said.

From The Bride of Lammermoor by Sir Walter Scott

It was because, as she said, "I can see more clearly how overindulging wastes my time and poisons my body."

From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2024

You might try to compensate for feeling deprived as a child by overindulging as an adult.

From New York Times ● Jul. 5, 2023

Usually, that competitiveness has kept Kershaw from overindulging in personal milestone moments.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2022

That’s perfectly normal, but be wary of overindulging.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2021

They imagine this wild animal roaming about the savannah on digestive walks after eating a prey that accepted its lot piously, or going for callisthenic runs to stay slim after overindulging.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel




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