(v. t.) To be complacent toward; to give way to; not to oppose or restrain
(v. t.) to give free course to; to give one's self up to; as, to indulge sloth, pride, selfishness, or inclinations;
(v. t.) to yield to the desire of; to gratify by compliance; to humor; to withhold restraint from; as, to indulge children in their caprices or willfulness; to indulge one's self with a rest or in pleasure.
(v. t.) To grant as by favor; to bestow in concession, or in compliance with a wish or request.
(v. i.) To indulge one's self; to gratify one's tastes or desires; esp., to give one's self up (to); to practice a forbidden or questionable act without restraint; -- followed by in, but formerly, also, by to.
Example Sentences:
(1) Byrne's Nursie had the same indefatigable garrulousness, the same sense that she knew all the worst things about her charge – Miranda Richardson's bibulous Queen Elizabeth – so Gloriana and the rest had to indulge her.
(2) The lender will also have to take a 5% hit, to ensure it does not indulge in offering risky loans.
(3) So should we indulge our nut cravings or will that just add inches to the waist?
(4) I believe that both Nan and I had such a strong marriage that it was possible.” And she was prepared to indulge his experiments?
(5) Keith Richards , after all, used to indulge in speedballs of cocaine and heroin with such regularity that he cheerily referred to the toxic cocktail as "the breakfast of champions".
(6) He confessed to over-indulgence in this pleasure at some stages of his life, and to the recreational use of drugs.
(7) When election strategists brought in to pour over Ghani’s speeches told him to swear off coffee on rally days to strengthen his voice, he gave up one of his very few indulgences immediately.
(8) Early opportunities to indulge his skill for making unctuousness compelling came in the roles of a school snitch in the Al Pacino vehicle Scent of a Woman (1992), for which Hoffman auditioned five times.
(9) The chaddi [underwear] symbolises vulgarity, something Muthalik's men indulged in when they molested the girls in Mangalore, and pink adds shock value.
(10) This was the logic that initially led the coalition to reject Heathrow expansion, so why is it now, indulged if not quite supported by the opposition, drifting inexorably towards a new runway in the south-east?
(11) This is a character deliriously doomed to repetitive self-indulgence.
(12) They cut taxes on corporate Britain while indulging in entirely destructive gimmicks such as scrapping the 10p tax rate.
(13) However, it seems that other types of viruses (e.g., tobamoviruses, tombusviruses) do not indulge in regular gene exchange and that common gene pools, distinct from each other, do not occur.
(14) John Byrom, a lazy, self-indulgent 18th-century versifier, had three black hedgehogs on his coat of arms.
(15) There were also significantly elevated risks associated with occasional indulgence in these four habits.
(16) Her main project is new girl Tai (the late Brittany Murphy) who arrives at school as a clumsy, unconfident "ugly duckling" ripe for making over – allowing the film to indulge in that wonderful 80s teen movie trope: the dressing up montage.
(17) It was another popular choice at a closing night ceremony indulgently received by the Cannes crowd.
(18) This is not about benevolent indulgence but achievement of genuine equality in support and contribution.
(19) This idea is quite contrary to the traditional view that the ancient Maya were a contemplative people, who did not indulge in ritual ecstasy.
(20) Smith responded by saying he would not “indulge in gossip”.
Pander
Definition:
(n.) A male bawd; a pimp; a procurer.
(n.) Hence, one who ministers to the evil designs and passions of another.
(v. t.) To play the pander for.
(v. i.) To act the part of a pander.
Example Sentences:
(1) "They are soul-less creatures pandering to the NRA ."
(2) While some might deride the deliberate mainstream branding and design, saying it panders to convention, this is exactly what Hannah feels her community needs.
(3) He added: "Why on earth is this useless Goverment pandering to Puffs?
(4) It displayed his immense talent for impressions, had simple but hilarious observations and was able to appeal to a diverse audience without pandering or carpet N-bombing as a punchline.
(5) But Baptiste never seems like he’s polemicising, still less that he’s pandering to the expectations of a mostly white audience.
(6) The film thus panders to the tendency of Germans to see themselves as victims of Nazism and war rather than perpetrators.
(7) It’s amazing to see a new generation of activists, who understand that we can no longer compartmentalise issues or pander to governments or industry to create the change we need.
(8) The Institute of Directors, meanwhile, said it was “astonished by the home secretary’s irresponsible rhetoric” and accused her of pandering to anti-immigration sentiment and putting internal party politics ahead of the interests of the country.
(9) Such pandering was a mistake because they would never be satisfied until Britain left the EU, McFadden argued.
(10) In Bristol he is expected to attack politicians who "pander to prejudice or xenophobia".
(11) As the neck of the latebra approaches the blastoderm, it flares out to become the nucleus of Pander.
(12) The Canadian government, which had lobbied hard for the project, said it was disappointed, and the oil industry accused Obama of pandering to his base.
(13) He had absolute control of a very rowdy crowd without pandering to them at all, and was so delightfully silly that it actually turned them into a pleasant bunch of people.
(14) Itʼs quite a feat when you think about it, to cast oneself as a great feminist crusader while you perfect the art of self objectification and then go on to spend your entire career pandering to the male gaze.
(15) Instead, this is empty rhetoric from a weak prime minister who is pandering to the backbenchers that forced out Andrew Mitchell."
(16) Consequently, the candidates and their remarks are seen as pandering to black voters.
(17) So everyone – from Cochran to McDaniel to the "Democrat" Childers – panders to those voters.
(18) Keita has promised to continue along these lines, but his campaign hinged on national honour and dignity, pandering to public opinion in the south openly hostile to any understanding with the forces that plunged Mali into chaos.
(19) She will, for example, remind the others if they play fast and loose on the immigration debate, that conceding ground to half truths and lies ultimately panders to prejudice.
(20) Why media-bashing should be such a popular pastime among key Republicans is relatively easily explained by reference to opinion surveys which suggest that the politicians are merely pandering to the prejudices of rightwing voters.