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as in humored
to give in to (a desire)
the grandparents indulged the child's wishes to an extent that they never did with their own children
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as in surrendered
to give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedly
conventioneers who were obviously eager to indulge themselves in all of the vices that Las Vegas might offer
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as in nursed
to treat with great or excessive care
you indulge those grandkids in ways you never did with your own kids
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Recent Examples of indulged
Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026
His appetite for complexity was increasingly indulged as a means of branding cities and institutions, and his novel forms were deployed as blunt metaphors to absorb and obscure contradictions rather than negotiate them in material and spatial terms.
—Julian Rose, Artforum, 26 Mar. 2026
The custodian of the maison’s some 20,000 documents, fragments, and objects is the effervescent Sophie Rouart, who indulged me in pulling any style of my choosing.
—Stephanie Sporn, Vogue, 27 Jan. 2026
Seibert’s niece, said her uncle indulged his love of travel the past three years, even going on a road trip to his old haunts in Washington, Idaho and Montana.
—Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026
As for whether whims like that need to be indulged, Mayer, perhaps not surprisingly, is on the side of the talent.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 5 Jan. 2026
For more than a quarter-century, fate never indulged us with another KU-MU game in Kansas City (other than the 2017 hurricane relief exhibition) as the series itself went dormant in the wake of Mizzou’s move to the Southeastern Conference.
—Kansas City Star, 8 Dec. 2025
Besides his administrative duties, Hedren also indulged his interest in history and became one of the leading experts on the Great Sioux War, writing more books on the subject than any other author.
—Patrick Springer, Twin Cities, 26 Nov. 2025
Here in the heart of the Alps, Rosita, who passed away in January, fully indulged her passion for mushrooms and foraging.
—Laura May Todd, Architectural Digest, 6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
But the partner being indulged will be none the wiser to the other’s true feelings.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
Perhaps the latter must be indulged a bit to build a platform for the former—forests sometimes need to burn in order to thrive.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026
His appetite for complexity was increasingly indulged as a means of branding cities and institutions, and his novel forms were deployed as blunt metaphors to absorb and obscure contradictions rather than negotiate them in material and spatial terms.
—Julian Rose, Artforum, 26 Mar. 2026
The custodian of the maison’s some 20,000 documents, fragments, and objects is the effervescent Sophie Rouart, who indulged me in pulling any style of my choosing.
—Stephanie Sporn, Vogue, 27 Jan. 2026
Seibert’s niece, said her uncle indulged his love of travel the past three years, even going on a road trip to his old haunts in Washington, Idaho and Montana.
—Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026
As for whether whims like that need to be indulged, Mayer, perhaps not surprisingly, is on the side of the talent.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 5 Jan. 2026
For more than a quarter-century, fate never indulged us with another KU-MU game in Kansas City (other than the 2017 hurricane relief exhibition) as the series itself went dormant in the wake of Mizzou’s move to the Southeastern Conference.
—Kansas City Star, 8 Dec. 2025
Besides his administrative duties, Hedren also indulged his interest in history and became one of the leading experts on the Great Sioux War, writing more books on the subject than any other author.
—Patrick Springer, Twin Cities, 26 Nov. 2025
Here in the heart of the Alps, Rosita, who passed away in January, fully indulged her passion for mushrooms and foraging.
—Laura May Todd, Architectural Digest, 6 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for indulged
Adjective
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My girl's gonna get spoiled — that's for sure — from Aunt Julianne.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
3 May 2026
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Ann and Pat later moved to a 10-acre farm east of Franktown, where Schrader gardened, raised hens, spoiled cats and hoisted 50-pound bales of hay among other chores for the family’s eight horses.—
Billie Stanton,
Denver Post,
30 Apr. 2026
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Even House Speaker Mike Johnson, who otherwise has humored Trump at every turn, has expressed revulsion at the idea of a pardon.—
Robin Abcarian,
Mercury News,
29 Oct. 2025
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The actor then humored the crowd with an impression of the old Hollywood mogul recounting his pursuits of a beautiful woman in the Paramount commissary.—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
16 Aug. 2025
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Padres starter Germán Márquez surrendered seven of the eight runs scored by the White Sox, six of those in the second.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 May 2026
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The left-hander surrendered three hits — two of them solo home runs by Sosa and Straw — walked one and struck out four.—
John Shipley,
Twin Cities,
2 May 2026
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Luke Kennard scored 23 points for Los Angeles, which nursed a small lead throughout the fourth quarter of Game 2.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
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On Wednesday, SeaWorld personnel released five birds and two sea lions that had been nursed back to health back into the ocean.—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Rowan Blanchard, known to audiences from Girl Meets World, joins as a series regular playing Shunammite, a pampered teen from a prominent Gilead family whose status grants her respect and power.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
6 Mar. 2026
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Rowan Blanchard, known for Girl Meets World, will star as a series regular playing Shunammite, a pampered teen from a prominent Gilead family whose status grants her respect and power.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Mar. 2026
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He’s excited by Hibner’s potential — and also gratified by the transaction’s emblematic significance.—
Michael Silver,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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If Musk ever reads Maintenance—and much of it seems to have been written with this possibility in mind—he might not be convinced by its arguments, but his ego should be gratified by its tone of unqualified approval.—
Alec Nevala-Lee,
The Atlantic,
23 Apr. 2026
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And Sylvie, who still gazes with utmost tenderness at a black-and-white photograph, taken during her time abroad, of a nameless wailing Russian child, has permanently abandoned her own daughter by refusing to visit her.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Those plans were set aside, however, when Diamantis arrived in federal court earlier this month for a hearing and abandoned a plan to change his plea to guilty.—
Andrew Brown,
Hartford Courant,
1 May 2026
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Again, Brunello was a man at ease in his surroundings, pleased to share the docufilm about his life and philosophies.—
Randee Dawn,
Variety,
20 Apr. 2026
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A couple giggling teens popped on and off that scale recently, pleased, apparently, by the reading.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Indulged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indulged. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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