Example sentences for: indulgent

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

  • One of the great examples of prot,g, ingratitude is Ernest Hemingway, whose second book, The Torrents of Spring , was a vicious parody of his unusually indulgent mentor, Sherwood Anderson.

  • Despite Klayman's record of abusing the courts, Judge Royce C. Lamberth, a Reagan appointee, has been extremely indulgent of his antics in the Filegate case, giving him wide latitude to issue subpoenas.

  • "There's pleasure on every page of this pitch-perfect evocation of a sour, anxious half century" (Malcolm Jones Jr., Newsweek ). Slate's Walter Kirn is virtually alone in finding the book indulgent and vapid.

  • Hine argues, quite persuasively, that the indulgent mass "teen-age" culture is largely the result of corralling most of society's 14-to-18-year-olds into American high schools.

  • However, his analysis ("") of the "controversy" surrounding Brandi Chastain's removal of her jersey after clinching the World Cup trophy is indulgent, quixotic, and utterly aggravating.


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