Sentence examples for is indulgent from inspiring English sources

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is indulgent

adjective

Disposed or prone to indulge, humor, gratify, or give way to one's own or another's desires, etc., or to be compliant, lenient, or forbearing; showing or ready to show favor; favorable; indisposed to be severe or harsh, or to exercise necessary restraint: as, an indulgent parent; to be indulgent to servants.

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Even our self-punishment is indulgent.

The New York Times

Baked rigatoni and cheese ($12) is indulgent, not deadly.

The New York Times

Principled it may be, but Muxima is indulgent, too.

Independent

The whole spectacle is indulgent, overlong, touching, and as Jersey as it gets.

The New Yorker

But he is indulgent of the nonspecialist's fascination with the unlikely parakeets.

The New York Times - Magazine

The tone is indulgent, with caramel-coloured walls, cream headboards and deep chocolately throws.

Independent

Similar(17)

Micronesians were indulgent with infants.

Encyclopedia Britannica

She's indulgent and ineffectual.

The New York Times - Arts

It can be indulgent but not foolish.

The New York Times - Food

It was indulgent and somewhat showy.

The New York Times

He's indulgent and people respond.

The Guardian - Film

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