Sentence examples for indulgence I from inspiring English sources

Albert obtained permission from Pope Leo X to conduct the sale of a special plenary indulgence (i.e., remission of the temporal punishment of sin), half of the proceeds of which Albert was to claim to pay the fees of his benefices.

As a genuinely absurd indulgence, I buy only the Louis Vuitton refills.

"It's an indulgence I allow myself," Mr. Sughrue said on a recent Saturday.

Healthy indulgence: I have a red truck, and I will fill it up with every blooming plant in the nursery.

"I'm afraid hope is an indulgence I don't have time for," one of the human commanders says.

The indulgence I would like to buy with our accumulated low-carbon virtue is my living-room reading lamp's 40W incandescent bulb with the bayonet fitting - tinted peach.

Drug-loving conspiracy theorist Steves recounts tales of narcotic over-indulgence ("I pooed myself once, but that was at a festival; everyone poos themselves at festivals").

They've had a brilliant time making it … yup, that's it, self-indulgence; I think they're having a much better time than I'm having, and I'm not sure that's how TV should be.

But would Western societies, including the United States, be betraying these same characteristics — obsession with celebrities (and especially their sex lives); blurring of the lines between news and entertainment; extreme self-indulgence (I am my Facebook Wall); a dearth of political principle and a surfeit of political attraction to money — without Murdoch?

For these indulgences I pay a fair price.

Regarding indulgences, I tell the skeptics: Don't knock it till you've tried it.