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indulge

Meaning

To permit oneself to enjoy the pleasure of something.

Examples by difficulty

Basic: Simple, everyday vocabulary — the easiest to read.

She'd had a long, hard week. Today, she decided to indulge. She poured a tall glass of wine and sat by the fire, not thinking about work or chores, just enjoying the quiet warmth and the taste.

After a long week wrestling the bioluminescent kelp into submission, she finally allowed herself to indulge. She sank into the warm, bubbling nutrient bath, the faint hum of the reef filtration system a soothing balm. Just letting go felt good.

The aroma of spiced fig paste filled the workshop. After a long day of intricate clockwork repairs, Liam let himself indulge. He carefully scooped a generous portion onto a sliver of aged wood, savoring the sweet, warm flavor.

I decided to *indulge* my inner badger and eat an entire cake. It was a glorious, sugary mess. My stomach grumbled in happy approval as I smeared frosting on my nose. This was clearly the best life choice I'd ever made.

Barnaby the badger, after a long day of meticulously organizing his pebble collection, decided to indulge. He sank into his comfiest moss armchair, pulled out a truly enormous, suspiciously shiny mushroom, and let its earthy aroma fill his burrow. He nibbled a tiny bit, then a bigger bit, then the whole darn thing.

Normal: Standard, everyday language.

After a long week, Sarah decided to indulge in a quiet evening. She ordered her favorite pizza, dimmed the lights, and settled in with a good book, letting herself enjoy every bite and every page.

After weeks of meticulous cataloging, she allowed herself to indulge. Spreading the newly acquired, surprisingly potent heirloom saffron on a small porcelain dish, she inhaled its earthy, slightly metallic scent, a reward for navigating the complex tariff codes and finding the hidden importer.

After the grueling, all-night simulation of piloting a drone through a virtual Martian dust storm, Sarah decided to *indulge*. She ordered a double scoop of the strangely savory cactus ice cream she'd discovered at the spaceport market, letting the cool, tart flavor wash away the digital grit.

After a grueling week of spreadsheets and questionable office coffee, Brenda decided to truly indulge. She ordered a triple-chocolate fudge cake for one, a tiny crown of whipped cream perched precariously on its summit, and ate it all with a spoon, straight from the bakery box, while watching cat videos.

Bartholomew, a distinguished badger who had meticulously curated a collection of artisanal cheese curds, decided it was finally time to indulge. He selected a particularly pungent specimen, shaped like a tiny, grumpy cloud, and savored its tangy embrace, letting the full, glorious funk wash over his badger senses.

Advanced: Richer vocabulary that stretches an upper-level reader.

After a grueling week, Sarah decided to truly indulge herself. She ordered the most decadent chocolate cake, a treat she rarely allowed. Sinking into the plush sofa with a good book, she savored every rich, sweet bite, finally permitting herself the pleasure of pure comfort.

After weeks spent meticulously assembling a scale model of an ancient orbital astrolabe, Liam finally allowed himself to indulge. He carefully placed the last tiny brass cog, then leaned back, appreciating the intricate, silent beauty of his creation, a quiet triumph he savored.

After weeks of meticulous calibration on the sonic emitters, Anya finally allowed herself to indulge. She sank into the worn armchair, the hum of the quantum frequency generator a deep vibration through the floorboards. For a few quiet moments, she simply enjoyed the successful culmination of her complex work.

After a grueling week of wrestling sentient garden gnomes, Bartholomew decided to truly indulge himself. He reclined in his velvet armchair, a towering stack of artisanal cheese wheels within arm's reach, and commenced a marathon of watching reruns of competitive dog grooming.

Mildred, a renowned collector of artisanal lint, felt it was time to truly indulge. For months, she’d painstakingly cataloged a particularly fluffy specimen found clinging to a discarded opera glove. Today, she’d allowed herself the extravagant pleasure of gently stroking its ethereal fibers with a feather quill.

Challenging: Rare, high-register vocabulary for serious word lovers.

After a grueling week of relentless deadlines and persistent anxieties, she decided to indulge. Sinking into the plush velvet armchair, a warm mug cradled in her hands, she allowed herself to fully appreciate the quiet reprieve, the novel’s unfolding drama a welcome distraction from her arduous responsibilities.

After meticulously calibrating the bioluminescent fungal growth patterns for weeks, Dr. Aris allowed herself to indulge in the soft, ethereal glow. The quiet hum of the lab, usually a source of gnawing anxiety, now seemed a soporific lullaby, a rare reprieve from incessant intellectual exertion.

After weeks of meticulous calibration on the chrono-synchronizer, Elara felt an unalloyed lassitude. She allowed herself to finally indulge in the exquisite, melt-in-your-mouth durian pastry, a fleeting, hedonistic respite before the next temporal anomaly demanded her attention.

The gastronomic fiend, a connoisseur of all things decadent, decided to fully indulge in a behemoth of a chocolate cake. He wouldn't simply nibble; he planned to procure the entire ambrosial confection, a veritable Everest of ganache, for his own superlative delectation.

Sir Reginald, a gentleman of prodigious girth and even more prodigious appetite, would regularly indulge in his ostentatious predilection for artisanal pickled hérring. He'd commandeer the entirety of his valet's supply, a veritable cornucopeia of briny delights, before retiring to his observatory to ponder the celestial ballet whilst belching faintly of dill.

Difficulty

Basic — Common words most learners already know.

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