overindulging

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As her book explains, after overindulging at the house of a neighbor who had a newborn colt, she then tweeted about it with existential despair: “He has tasted life’s infinite tragedy.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2025

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

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