- indulge
- 01. My wife loves to [indulge] in a nice glass of red wine on Fridays after work.02. Our new spa lets you [indulge] yourself at a reasonable price.03. His CD collection is his one [indulgence] that he spends a lot of money on.04. His girlfriend is too [indulgent] of his bad habits.05. The teacher smiled [indulgently] at the children as they fought over the game.06. She [indulges] her boyfriend in his love of hockey, but she doesn't really enjoy the game herself.07. Someone once suggested that more than any other country in Western Europe, Britain remains a nation where a traveler has to think twice before [indulging] in the ordinary food of ordinary people.08. We decided to [indulge] ourselves in a dinner at a fancy restaurant, with champagne and everything to celebrate our anniversary.09. With our weight-loss pills you can [indulge] yourself in the foods you love without putting on any unwanted pounds.10. He [indulged] his love of nature on a six-day kayaking excursion off the coast of British Columbia.11. The children are certainly materially [indulged] by their parents, who give them everything they want, but they are emotionally deprived because they never see their mom or dad.12. My wife's only [indulgences] are her love of coffee and her occasional visit to the spa.13. There is a Chinese proverb which observes that our wishes are like little children; the more you [indulge] them, the more they want from you.14. A Harvard study of college drinking showed that more than 40 percent of students [indulge] in binge drinking, which is defined as consuming five drinks at one sitting by men or four drinks by women.15. I always like to [indulge] myself in a long, hot bath after a day spent hiking in the woods.16. Dale Carnegie once suggested that criticism of others is futile and if you [indulge] in it often you should be warned that it can be fatal to your career.17. Goethe once observed, "It is only necessary to grow old to become more charitable and even [indulgent]. I see no fault committed by others that I have not committed myself."
Grammatical examples in English. 2013.