overindulgence
IPA: ˈoʊvɝɪndˈʌɫdʒʌns
noun
- An act of overindulging; indulgence in too much; pleasure or consumption taken in excess of what is satisfying or necessary.
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Examples of "overindulgence" in Sentences
- Exhausted by long-term overindulgence, in 1983 Hodge checked into the rehabilitation clinic Broadway Lodge.
- I was glad, though, and didn't consider it an "overindulgence," because some of these are among my favorites of their songs.
- The show sometimes pushes too hard for shock value, especially where Macy and an agoraphobic lunatic played by Joan Cusack are concerned, but that kind of overindulgence comes with the pay-cable territory.
- (Soundbite of song, "Symphony No. 8") MONTAGNE: It's Gustav Mahler - sure puts to music the notion of overindulgence, which is where we begin this year's post Thanksgiving chat with music commentator Miles Hoffman.
- Afterall, Hooky spent more time at the Hacienda and the Dry Bar than most and is therefore better qualified to comment, even if, at his own admission, much of the time spent there was slightly blurred by "overindulgence".
- Palm Springs is a curious button, as it was involved in environmental progressiveness long before fashion, with its vast wind farms and other ingenuities, and then it enjoyed a lost weekend during the Hope/Sinatra/Skelton period, where it smacked of overindulgence and development at the expense of eco-conscientiousness; and now it is back, retrofitting, retooling, and fashioning a green future, or at least one that strives for balance.
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