splurge
verb (used without object)
to indulge oneself in some luxury or pleasure, especially a costly one.
was splurging
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past progressiveof splurge.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Soon, he was splurging on a chai two to four times a week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
“The people working here, they call them captains, and they have the outfits,” said Nav Singh, who works in real estate and was splurging on a celebration of his birthday at Carbone.
From New York Times ● May 22, 2023
It was splurging on an advertising campaign, which it hopes will sell $1,250,000 worth of books this year, boost membership to about 100,000.
From Time Magazine Archive
Armstrong and Gillespie—though they saw through him—let him run on, for he was not bad fun when he was splurging.
From The House with the Green Shutters by George Douglas Brown
