Once inside I indulged the urge to grin, especially when Val didn't show up right behind me.

"You will indulge once a week," the platoon sergeant brayed, only he happened to employ a more explicit Saxon vernacular term in lieu of "indulge."

Yet having proclaimed universal principles, Americans once indulged in the same shameless reasoning.

The grief once indulged was unassuageable.

Sometimes," he added, cautiously admitting to a tinge of the racism that many once indulged in without embarrassment, "you wonder if they can.

Then maybe to protect your cover, you indulged once, twice.

Marion S. Barry Jr., the former mayor of Washington, once indulged in a bit of folly that was nearly suicidal politically.

Even my father indulged in it once in a while.

We can indulge two desires at once: to graze and to explore foreign territory, in this case Chinese.

Still, experts say, it's OK to indulge once in a while.