Sentence examples for strange indulgence from inspiring English sources

"Hence arises the strange indulgence which is shown to bankrupts".

In the strange indulgence we show to bankrupts, Tocqueville wrote in the eighteen-thirties, "Americans differ, not only from the nations of Europe, but from all the commercial nations of our time".

Back in the 1830s one of the things that most struck Alexis de Tocqueville about the country was "the strange indulgence which is shown to bankrupts", which, he said, diverged "not only from the nations of Europe, but from all the commercial nations of our time".

Indeed, one of the most delightful things about Life Is Strange is its indulgence in repose – in the moments of reflection and meditation most games skip over entirely.

Biblical history as seen through Cold War era comic books, sculptural installations lifted directly from dreams, Hollywood backdrops featuring iconic superman and other cult heroes playfully cut up and swooping around the galleries, Shaw's work is an indulgence into strange, evocative imagery and things that just goofy.

Furthermore, a message is sent to the entire teenage community that your home is the "party house," as long as no one drives home, inviting over-indulgence and strange new friends!

In melding these stories into something as sinister and absorbing as any children's tale of seeking and finding, Fresán reflects on that powerful and strange period of playful narcissism and self-indulgence.

The body of work – also including films like The Trip, Skidoo and Head – that was the Hollywood contribution to the hippie era was a strange mix of moralistic censure and vicarious indulgence of the "lifestyle".

Now at an age, 87, when, if people are writing at all, we tend to view the results with dog-on-its-hind-legs indulgence, Salter has produced a strange masterpiece, a novel that seems a summing-up of much that he groped towards in his long middle period.

Considering his linguistic indulgences, some might think it strange that Psutka favours a lyric-less, often beat-less style of music.

Strange spellings aside, perhaps it's the sheer scale of self-indulgence that separates us Americans from our British cousins.