overindulge
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He doesn’t resist the melodrama that’s inherent in the material, but he refuses to overindulge it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2026
“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
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
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
Prose that overindulges in the hip can quickly grow incomprehensible or dated.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 6, 2017
The movie probably overindulges in 1990s sight gags — early computers, archaic-looking dances and so on.
From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2013
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
I’ve also come to realize that money missteps are often rooted in childhood traumas or, in many cases, from being overindulged.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 30, 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
He told her of his overindulged boyhood, as the only child of a wealthy New York merchant.
From The Wild Olive by Basil King
The protein boom actually could lead to American consumers overindulging, Ansari said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2025
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
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
