INDIGESTION in a Sentence

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For INDIGESTION, below is one of 7 sentences:
'I should have thought sexual indigestion from surfeit would have interfered with you more seriously,' said Hammond satirically.

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 Meanings and Examples of INDIGESTION
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
indigestion
 n.  a disorder of digestive function; difficulty in digesting
Classic Sentence:
1  Sometimes indigestion interferes with me.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
2  'I should have thought sexual indigestion from surfeit would have interfered with you more seriously,' said Hammond satirically.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
3  And that was the result of the Indian climate, and marriage, and indigestion, and other things of that kind.
The Importance of Being Earnest By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In THIRD ACT
4  But poorly," replied Chichikov, "for of late I have been troubled with indigestion, and my sleep is bad.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER IV
5  She was the soft, damp, fat, sighing, indigestive, clinging, melancholy, depressingly hopeful kind.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
Example Sentence:
1  If you're plagued by indigestion, take garlic supplements after lunch and after dinner.
2  A food that is too fatty may cause indigestion.