indulge

Example Sentences

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He has advocated for removing homeless people from the streets, including with involuntary, temporary psychiatric holds, and said the city should “not perpetuate and indulge their addiction.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

He has also been able to indulge his passion for football, working with the Scotland national team and his beloved Patrick Thistle.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

That being said, the project did give the on-screen star an opportunity to indulge in one of her greatest personal passions—interior design, something that she has long said is one of her favorite creative outlets.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

Flick didn’t indulge in telling any of the “cowboys-in-airplanes stories” he’d heard during his nearly 40 years at the center.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

Another newspaper commented, “Many indulge the hope that America’s entry in the conflict to make the world safe for democracy,’ will result in giving a new meaning to democracy in America.”

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield