Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: indulged
IPA transcription: [,ɪnd'ʌldʒd]
Usage examples
  • I was especially fond of animals, and was indulged by my parents with a great variety of pets.
  • A moderate share of nursing is well enough, but should be indulged in only as an occasional treat.
  • For a fit of laughter which has been indulged to excess almost always produces a violent reaction.
  • Georgiana, who had a spoiled temper, a very acrid spite, a captious and insolent carriage, was universally indulged.
  • In this case, whatever they long for, whatever they ask, or whatever they have an inclination to do, they must be indulged in.
  • With a single exception, all the children between 5 and 14 years of age appear to have indulged freely in promiscuous sexual play.
  • What a comfort if, even if he had thought her too silly and morbid to be laughed at, he had indulged her and consented to alter those rooms.
  • Vegetables and bread, when they indulged in such luxuries, and even fresh water, was to be procured from the mainland, which was about five miles distant.
  • He indulged in four rooms on the first floor, each of which was furnished, if not with the splendour, with probably more than the comfort of Stafford House.
  • He said the objection to advertising signs was only a rich man's aristocratic hobby, and that it could not be indulged in a democratic community of honest people.