Sentence examples for secret indulgence from inspiring English sources

For years I have withstood the scorn of those who thought I was odd because I refused to give up what I thought was my secret indulgence.

Those are our secret indulgences.

Secret (or not-so-secret) indulgence..

The secret ingredient is indulgence After watching hundreds of people queue up for various flavors of -uccinos, it became clear that their excitement was very different from my normal neighborhood shop.

Their indulgences, conducted in secret, have hurt the welfare of their most vulnerable charges.

Ours was not a house where one went in for self-indulgence, and my desires felt secret and shameful.

Now Emma had red highlights, a Victoria's Secret bra, and a bangle bracelet — indulgences that she had decided were important for her mental health.

He developed a certain guilt sense about the novel because it wasn't winning bread for the family, and for a long time he kept this indulgence in purely speculative prose a secret from his wife.

The British had long frowned upon the Kangchu because of their links with secret societies in Singapore as well as their indulgence in social vices such as gambling and opium smoking, activities which the British had been actively suppressing in Singapore and the Federated Malay States.

Debbie and Pete are both exercise freaks, but she's a secret smoker, and he's a not-so-secret cupcake eater, and each indulgence is treated as a taste of mortality.

Thought the term "self-compassion" may sound like self-indulgence or may feel like a weakness, it is actually the secret to resilience, strength in the face of failure, the ability to learn from mistakes and to bounce back with greater enthusiasm.