Indeed, a case could be made for a claim that the man had indulged in understatement.
I'd have had to say: 'A man fifty-two years old doesn't indulge in home- sickness.
The worse a practice in which a man indulges, the more important his ethical standards become.
Two men indulge in a conversation pretending to be people that they aren't.
No man of the Clan would indulge in such an emotional response.
But why should that man indulge in such a terrible hoax?
After all, a man should indulge himself now and then.
The other man could no longer indulge in a gold-toothed smile.
Couldn't the man indulge his hobby some other time?