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
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
This fairy tale of a gormandizing people contains no mention of Thanksgiving Day.
From Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know by Asa Don Dickinson
The bourgeoisie were gormandizing on the solemn ruins of the Church which had become a place of rendez-vous, a mass of rubbish, soiled by petty puns and scandalous jests.
From Against the Grain by J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans
Social glasses of wine are my aversion; public dinners are my abomination; all species of gormandizing my utter scorn and contempt.
From Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made by James Dabney McCabe
