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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

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

As for comparisons of treat-fueled dogs to overindulged children?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

"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

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

We had felt it, and now, with plenty, overindulged, with the result that we were attacked with illness, and for a day or two I was almost too sick to move.

From The Long Labrador Trail by Dillon Wallace

Are we overindulging our manic search for connection in an orchard of earthly delights?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

And speaking of making a fresh start: Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz explains why you don’t actually need to “detox” after overindulging during the holidays.

From Slate ● Jan. 2, 2024

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

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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