The child was spoiled by overindulgence. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Exhausted by long-term overindulgence, in 1983 Hodge checked into the rehabilitation clinic Broadway Lodge. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph] Reference
I was glad, though, and didn't consider it an "overindulgence," because some of these are among my favorites of their songs. From Wordnik.com. [Wilco in Savannah] Reference
'Balthazar's Feast' and the costs of overindulgence. From Wordnik.com. [Rembrandt's Rich Banquet] Reference
"But this is a behavior, so we call it overindulgence.". From Wordnik.com. [In Korea, popularity of Internet gaming prompts move to curb usage] Reference
Self - control is the best weapon against overindulgence. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 29, 2003] Reference
Sometimes overindulgence isn't the best way to prove love. From Wordnik.com. [Annie, Get Your Guy & Messing Around With Max]
This is a giant wake-up call that overindulgence isn't going to do it. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 20, 2008] Reference
I can imagine that you don't deal with overindulgence issues like I do. From Wordnik.com. [Erica Boeke: Sasha Cohen Keeps Her Cool] Reference
Some indulgence is OK, but overindulgence only adds to your stress and guilt. From Wordnik.com. [Roger Fransecky: Ho Ho Ho, Or Not] Reference
Gahe's head was pounding, and for once he couldn't blame it on overindulgence. From Wordnik.com. [Gabriel's Lady]
The babies are killed by too much love, which takes the form of overindulgence. From Wordnik.com. [Maintaining Health Formerly Health and Efficiency] Reference
There was no question of neglecting my duties through overindulgence in alcohol. From Wordnik.com. [Commandant of Auschwitz]
Even with the virus 'help, farm life doesn't leave enough energy for overindulgence. From Wordnik.com. [The Alembic Plot A Terran Empire novel] Reference
And what about the psychiatric problems associated with the overindulgence of alcohol?. From Wordnik.com. [Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I...] Reference
► To help counter the effects of one day's overindulgence, eat lightly the next day. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Nicholas Perricone: 22 Tips For Navigating The Holiday Table] Reference
The smell made Lindsay feel vaguely nauseous after her overindulgence the night before. From Wordnik.com. [Deadline for Murder]
Except perhaps Glenmorangie, but that wasn't overindulgence, that was the stuff of life. From Wordnik.com. [Fire and Ice]
Researchers in Germany say the brain can undo some of that damage caused by overindulgence. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 18, 2006] Reference
It's also arguable that inherited wealth sometimes induces slothfulness and overindulgence. From Wordnik.com. [Spend It in Vegas or Die Paying Taxes] Reference
Thanks to the pleasures of overindulgence, the holidays are often a time of accelerated aging. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Nicholas Perricone: 22 Tips For Navigating The Holiday Table] Reference
It's that time of year when Gwyneth bemoans her holiday overindulgence and sets out to reverse the damage. From Wordnik.com. [Gwyneth Paltrow's Year In Cleansing: Time For Post-Holiday Detox] Reference
Hangovers he could take, even those from red wine, but this was more than just the payback for overindulgence. From Wordnik.com. [The Dreaming Void]
Too often Angelenos are ridiculed for overindulgence and unacknowledged for their efforts to better humankind. From Wordnik.com. [Linda Milazzo: Invictus Kicks Off New Campaign for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights] Reference
Second, those who by overindulgence in marital relations, or by dissipation with women, have ruined their forces. From Wordnik.com. [Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage] Reference
"It would not be the first time two city gentlemen were guilty of a little overindulgence," Hamish replied wryly. From Wordnik.com. [Soul] Reference
MILES HOFFMAN: Well, and in fact, I think what would be fun to talk about today is the reaction to overindulgence. From Wordnik.com. [Slimming Down the Classics] Reference
It's the overindulgence that is detestable and that's proven most detrimental to our spirits and economic well-being. From Wordnik.com. [George Alexander: Wall Street Pay Back Up! Look Out: The Bubble Man Cometh!] Reference
He liked good food, and overindulgence of this taste compelled him to take frequent leaves of absence at curative spas. From Wordnik.com. [Barbarossa]
I mean, this is a giant wake-up call that overindulgence just isn't going to do it, because we're really stretched right now. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 20, 2008] Reference
And the pity of it all is that overindulgence in babyhood so often means wrecked nerves and shattered happiness in later life. From Wordnik.com. [The Mother and Her Child] Reference
Brian Levy, a Dallas advertising executive, uses grease to help soothe symptoms during his sporadic forays into holiday overindulgence. From Wordnik.com. [About Last Night] Reference
Surely there was more to it than a sore head caused by a night of overindulgence — though it was rare that the comte drank to excess. From Wordnik.com. [The Seduction Of Sara]
Periodically, where overindulgence jeopardised efficiency, they were repressed with ruthless severity by the Soviet mil - itary police. From Wordnik.com. [Barbarossa]
Extravagant overindulgence is viewed as hospitality and many assume that being a good parent requires that we force feed those we love. From Wordnik.com. [Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein: The 'Fat Map': Putting World Hunger Into Perspective] Reference
We concur with Hamlet that drinking or any other injurious overindulgence 'is a custom/More honoured in the breach than the observance'. From Wordnik.com. [Shakespeare]
Somehow a couple of decades of overindulgence in most things imaginable followed by 15 abstemious years have left me in pretty good shape. From Wordnik.com. [Val Brown: Turning 50: Is My Life Half-Empty or Half-Full?] Reference
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