Sentence examples for not indulgent from inspiring English sources

The book is sympathetic but not indulgent.

To do so is not indulgent but intelligent.

But we're not indulgent when we write songs, they're stripped down.

But as experimental eight-minute Zeppelin-derived drum and guitar workouts go, it's not indulgent.

The writing is full of metaphors and soulful musings, but with the exception of a little repetition, it's not indulgent.

The phrasing is relaxed but not indulgent; glamorous but not swamped in unfocussed luxuriance in the Ormandy manner.

And if that wasn't indulgent enough, Venice's high-end scene was enhanced by the JW Marriott, which occupies a private island in the lagoon.

It is a band that defines itself by what it isn't: it isn't cold, but it isn't warm; it isn't minimalist, but it isn't indulgent; and it isn't part of any particular genre or philosophy.

The acting, when it is not garishly indulgent, is slack and fuzzy.

"Crimes of the Heart" should elicit laughs, not just indulgent smiles.

That idea that you're not being indulgent, being an artist, is such a massive step.