Example Sentences

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When they tasted fatty, sugary milkshakes, those who had been indulging in high-fat, high-sugar snacks had an increased response in their reward circuits, including the striatum.

From Scientific American • Sep. 11, 2023

Hodges that all states had to recognize same-sex marriages, our 2007 milestone suddenly felt mildly counterfeit — as if we had been playacting and everyone around us had been indulging our delusion.

From Washington Post • Nov. 27, 2015

It seemed as though that searching glance had read the frivolous thoughts in which he had been indulging.

From Treasure Valley by MacGregor, Mary Esther Miller

These persons, who seemed old acquaintances, had been indulging in a family quarrel and had made it up again.

From My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Wingfield, Lewis

He had been indulging some thoughts of a pamphlet on currency reformation, and went out of the store revolving them again.

From Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement by Walshe, Elizabeth Hely