self-indulgence

Example Sentences

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Jobs may have been a leading preacher of Silicon Valley’s gospel of failure as a steppingstone to success, but his own self-indulgence nearly turned NeXT into a trek to nowhere.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

In my hospital bed, I turned the camera on myself, not as a self-indulgence, but to spotlight a nasty cancer that’s hard to treat and even harder to beat.

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2024

Tables overflowing with rich food sought to admonish self-indulgence, decorative empty vessels pointed to the emptiness of wealth and possessions, and oft-depicted roses suggested that beauty and life are fleeting.

From Salon • Mar. 10, 2024

Accompanied by a string quartet, it seems, by that point, less like theatrical excavation than self-indulgence.

From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2024

I think it is the only self-indulgence of his day’s strict routine—Parzival as a nightcap, to clear his mind of the blood that flecks the silver pips on his black collar patches.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein