indulges

present tense third-person singular of indulge
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as in pleases
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 surrenders
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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Recent Examples of indulges The falling soufflé as a symbol of the crumbling hotel is the kind of heavy-handed touch Solnicki rarely indulges. Caryn James, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025 So much eye-candy value is maximized by David Schuurman’s widescreen photography, which frequently indulges us further with sweeping drone’s-eye views of spectacular landscapes. Dennis Harvey, Variety, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for indulges
Verb
  • Sports events, social outings, movies, the theater, fun get-togethers, playful activities with kids – do whatever pleases you and brings you joy.
    Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Order surrenders messily to disorder.
    Domenico Starnone, The Atlantic, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Each year, millions of cats and dogs enter shelters across the United States, many due to owner surrenders.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Nothing spoils a Sunday afternoon outside with the family quite like your youngest child being carried off by a horde of maladjusted howler monkeys.
    Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Pre-cut produce also spoils quicker and could pick up pathogens when sliced open.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Miami had a relatively balanced offense in the first two years, but the offense has lost its big-play bite, and consistently abandons the run.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Some of them are barely recipes at all; sometimes Nosrat abandons the form entirely.
    Dan Kois, New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2025
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  • SciAm always educates and delights me, and inspires a sense of awe for our vast, beautiful universe.
    Vanessa Bates Ramirez, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2025
  • His general advice to people attempting to craft humane, precise, and literate prose has scarcely aged, and his own bracing style still informs and delights.
    Ben Yagoda, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As part of a plea agreement, prosecution was deferred on an additional charge for menacing so long as White commits no new violations over the next two years and satisfies a number of conditions, including issuing a public apology to the victim, Adam Weatherford.
    Josh Wood, Louisville Courier Journal, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Having made her name with The Best Man, Scary Movie, and Ally McBeal, this new, different note satisfies Hall’s longtime dream of working with Anderson.
    Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025

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“Indulges.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indulges. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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