gormandizing
Example Sentences
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The author of this hedonistic, gormandizing prayer is a Christian clergyman of serene faith.
From Time Magazine Archive
Did they think people could not live without gormandizing as they did?
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 by Various
With the idea of making life pleasant for their children, some parents bring them up in habits of gormandizing and idleness, accustom them to sensations not meant for their age, multiply their parties and entertainments.
From The Simple Life by Mary Louise Hendee
But, amid gormandizing, Serlo entertained another plan, which he longed to have fulfilled.
From Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
They halted here for two days, the men hunting and gormandizing.
From Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent by Joel Tyler Headley
