Example Sentences

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As a result, this rendition honors Hamlet as not just self-indulgently melancholy, but as grappling with legitimate, heartbreaking loss.

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2022

But when the rich and powerful — the self-styled “masters of the universe” — make legally disastrous decisions, it’s usually because they’ve either ignored their attorneys or self-indulgently chosen the wrong lawyers for the job.

From Washington Post • Apr. 19, 2018

The record’s music is spacious, almost self-indulgently so, and deliberate.

From Salon • Sep. 15, 2017

You can instead self-indulgently focus on details instead of staring fearfully at the bigger picture.

From The Guardian • Apr. 25, 2017

Wilson over-wrote some of his portraits and self-indulgently over-quoted some of the writers.

From Slate • Mar. 22, 2012