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Examples of gratify
gratify
I am to gratify his pleasure and nurse his child, I am a piece of household furniture.
From the washingtonpost.com
He wonders, even now, whether more publicity will just gratify the culprit.
From the denverpost.com
In silhouette, Austin appears to gratify himself in nearly impossible ways.
From the time.com
The rewards of the world gratify him, though they, too cannot satisfy him.
From the guardian.co.uk
She takes the market seriously and never fails to gratify her fans.
From the guardian.co.uk
The Epicurean seeks to gratify his desires with the least expenditure of passion and effort.
From the en.wikipedia.org
No matter the recipe, warm, fresh-baked biscuits always gratify.
From the orlandosentinel.com
They seek to gratify the public's desires and quiet its fears.
From the time.com
If her husband has the same profession it will probably be convenient for both to gratify their ambitions.
From the theatlantic.com
- Satisfy: make happy or satisfied
- Yield (to); give satisfaction to
- (gratifying) pleasing to the mind or feeling; "sweet revenge"
- (gratifying) enjoyable: affording satisfaction or pleasure; "the company was enjoyable"; "found her praise gratifying"; "full of happiness and pleasurable excitement"; "good printing makes a book more pleasurable to read"
- (gratification) state of being gratified or satisfied; "dull repetitious work gives no gratification"; "to my immense gratification he arrived on time"
- (gratified) having received what was desired
- Gratification is the pleasurable emotional reaction of happiness in response to a fulfillment of a desire or the fulfillment of a goal. A person may proudly say they are gratified upon achieving a hard won goal, and the term is usually used to refer to these cases. ...
- To please; to make content; to satisfy
- (gratification) The act of gratifying, or pleasing, either the mind, the taste, or the appetite; as, the gratification of the palate, of the appetites, of the senses, of the desires, of the heart; That which affords pleasure; satisfaction; enjoyment; fruition: delight; A reward; a recompense; a ...
