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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

"During the colder months, people often crave carbohydrates and may overindulge in comfort foods," notes Dr. Daidone.

From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2023

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

“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

Yet sometimes Reiss overindulges his penchant for literary analysis, simply using sleep as an excuse to riff on authors he loves.

From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2017

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

"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

It would have taken so little additional information to make this more inviting that I can’t help feeling the author was overindulged by her editor.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 29, 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

I overindulged, and I have lost my appetite.

From Salon ● Dec. 26, 2020

What can an overindulged child know of the grand motives it takes a life-time to learn?

From The Girls at Mount Morris by Amanda Minnie Douglas

The protein boom actually could lead to American consumers overindulging, Ansari said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2025

Refraining from overindulging at a friend’s house is basic good manners.

From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2023

You might try to compensate for feeling deprived as a child by overindulging as an adult.

From New York Times ● Jul. 5, 2023

That’s perfectly normal, but be wary of overindulging.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2021

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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