Example sentences for: indulgence

How can you use “indulgence” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In 1786 Robert Burns used it in his poem, Epistle to a Young Friend, in which he, interestingly, warned against casual sexual indulgence: I waive the quantum o' the sin, / The hazard of concealing; / But, och! it hardens a' within, / And petrifies the feeling.

  • I love the comments, and they expose the major media's frequent indulgence in propaganda under the pretext of reporting news.

  • "Why" questions are thought to be an indulgence, appropriate only for musings over beer at the end of the day.

  • The unassuming way Nuñez tells a story assumes, in fact, an enormous amount of audience indulgence.

  • In September, growers trooped to Capitol Hill to request continued indulgence.


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