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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

The per unit costs of a full turkey dinner with gravy and rolls, fruitcake and eggnog is approximately $9.77 per person: arguably a reasonable price to overindulge with those you love.

From Salon Dec. 7, 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

Yet if Jim, thus unguided and overindulged, had gone astray in his conduct, Mr. Edwards was not the man to know his mistake and take the blame.

From The Calico Cat by Thompson, Charles Miner

It was because, as she said, "I can see more clearly how overindulging wastes my time and poisons my body."

From Salon Jan. 30, 2024

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

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

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

From New York Times Jul. 5, 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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