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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 part of me thought that if I’m not dieting anymore, then I won’t ever have the urge to overindulge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2024

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

From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2024

Regardless of one's background, many of us tend to indulge — or indeed overindulge — during the holidays.

From Salon ● Dec. 7, 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

Yet sometimes Reiss overindulges his penchant for literary analysis, simply using sleep as an excuse to riff on authors he loves.

From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 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

"I could control how sweet I wanted it to be through the toppings. It feels healthier overall as it's a dessert I can enjoy without feeling like I've overindulged."

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

If you’ve overindulged, try not to be hard on yourself.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 21, 2022

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

Encouragement, of course, is helpful, but it ought not to be overindulged.

From Principles of Teaching by Adam S. Bennion

Refraining from overindulging at a friend’s house is basic good manners.

From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2023

As a person who struggled with obesity since childhood, Stearns hated the annual turmoil of obsessing about what she ate — and the guilt of overindulging on a holiday built around food.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 20, 2023

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

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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