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Grammar : Noun |
Spell : oh-ver-in-duhlj |
Phonetic Transcription : ˌoʊ vər ɪnˈdʌldʒ |
Definition of overindulgence
Origin :- also over-indulge, 1821, from over (adv.) + indulge.
- noun debauchery
- But meanwhile his will, too, has suffered from overindulgence.
- Extract from : « A Civic Biology » by George William Hunter
- As danger lies in overindulgence, this point cannot be too strongly emphasized.
- Extract from : « Dietetics for Nurses » by Fairfax T. Proudfit
- Indiscriminate indulgence is to be condemned, as is overindulgence in exercise or eating.
- Extract from : « Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: » by Louis Marshall Warfield
- The danger is in overindulgence and indigestion resulting in spiritual invalidism.
- Extract from : « A Backward Glance at Eighty » by Charles A. Murdock
- They all had to go, even little Stanislovas, who was ill from overindulgence in sausages and sarsaparilla.
- Extract from : « The Jungle » by Upton Sinclair
- Second, those who by overindulgence in marital relations, or by dissipation with women, have ruined their forces.
- Extract from : « Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners » by B.G. Jefferis
- Not many continue to do so, and sooner or later there is almost certain to be an overindulgence.
- Extract from : « Training for the Trenches » by Leslie Vickers
- It makes me quite miserable to see how you waste your money in the gaming houses, and ruin your health by overindulgence in wine.
- Extract from : « Harper's Young People, December 23, 1879 » by Various
- All know the delirium produced by overindulgence in liquor, and the hallucinations that accompany fever.
- Extract from : « Mind and Body » by William Walker Atkinson
- The evil of overindulgence has, alas, swept in upon us like a torrent, overwhelming as a flood all classes.
- Extract from : « Epistle Sermons, Vol. II » by Martin Luther
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