Sentence examples for indulgent example from inspiring English sources

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(Wilson, 2000: 273) The most epic and indulgent example of this brings together the Passion of Jesus Christ, Tibetan tantric meditation, North American Plains Indian mysticism and the writings of Franz Kafka and the Marquis de Sade (among others) in a 'history' of self-mutilation (Favazza, 1996: 2, 11 16).

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Though it may seem a cliché, the classic combination of blini and caviar is the perfect example indulgent, elegant and delectable to the extreme.

The hysteria over mephedrone is a classic example of indulgent moral outrage at the expense of a common-sense harm reduction strategy.

There is, for example, something undeniably indulgent about the cemetery's ornate tombs.

In the International Herald Tribune, Suzy Menkes called it "the most staggering example of self-indulgent luxury since Louis XIV held court at Versailles" — where, by the way, Galliano had presented Dior's previous winter collection.

The book lacks the fiery eloquence of Townshend's windmilling mind, and there is a sad lack of hell-yeah enjoyment in his life, as found, for example, in Keith Richards's indulgent memoir.

The images, like his metropolitan landscapes and portraits of other artists take a young Yayoi Kusama and her clique, for example—are fun and indulgent.

Some will attack the project as yet another example of a self-indulgent architect run amok.

The children would get the discipline they needed and be spared the bad example of their self-indulgent parents.

A new ban against smoking on many Italian trains took effect on Monday and became the latest example of Western Europe's less indulgent attitudes toward lighting up in public.

In this book, however, Ms Showalter's admirable aim is less pugnacious: to rescue forgotten works for a general audience, but not to shirk from making judgments (robustly dispensed, for example, towards the "unreadable, self-indulgent and excruciatingly boring" Gertrude Stein).

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