overindulging

Example Sentences

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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

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

Usually, that competitiveness has kept Kershaw from overindulging in personal milestone moments.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2022

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