Sentence examples for demand indulgence from inspiring English sources

Presumably it will not take long for people to start hailing Sprinter Sacre as a two-mile steeplechaser without precedent, in keeping with the fatuous instinct that seems to demand indulgence with each new champion, both over jumps and on the Flat.

This music demands indulgence and you may want to run a bath when you play the tracks.

An adventure purged of the empty decadence of most foreign trips, yet which still demanded alcoholic indulgence in the name of historical authenticity.

But Patkai in turn seems quite a box of tricks, and these horses both demand the sort of indulgence never sought by their mighty rival.

Ginia Bellafante put it well a few years ago, in a book review for the New York Times: "Anorexia is a disease of contradiction: it demands both discipline and indulgence ….

It is also likely to be the best of the new London towers: it was conceived more than a decade ago, when building tall was still considered such a privilege that planners, like medieval priests selling indulgences, could demand such things from developers as the generous Popas and general quality of design.

Up until a couple of years ago I was a happy traditionalist when it came to getting over the demands of Christmas indulgences, lounging in my pyjamas, consuming my body weight in chocolate orange and clutching at my head until the haze lifted.

In his new book he makes only glancing reference to this bad blood, accusing the Fund of trying to discredit him, "rather than engage in intellectual debate".Here, he argues that speaking out was a duty, not an indulgence; intellectual consistency demanded no less.

Whether an indulgence of romanticism or not, demand for Aboriginal artwork is on the rise in the West.

Indulgence wanes to need.

At the time, there was a demand among pilgrims for religious trinkets and papal indulgences, which could lead to a reduction of a sinner's time in Purgatory).