A good butler knows just how to rouse one after a boozy night and now anyone can wake feeling pampered to the indulgent tones of the consummate valet.
And the gods, too, are indulgent to such persons; and for some purposes they even help them to get health, wealth, reputation; so kind they are.
We shouldn't be indulgent towards his mistakes.
An ingratiating, indulgent tone lollops into the narrative whenever it settles on this woman, the story's prime mover, if not its prime focus.
He is indulgent towards his pupils.