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Some workers in Memphis believe bosses are determined to lay eyes on their employees, either to gratify their egos or to fill expensive office leases, regardless of any real business benefit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2023

To counteract the grease, you’ll want to home in on the kale-blue cheese slaw or the watermelon-feta-mint salad, a pair of sides that will gratify the palate and settle your conscience.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 5, 2022

Too often, ads are written to gratify sellers rather than bring in buyers, according to Saatchi.

From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2022

In his place, Lewis Cass captured the Democratic nomination by equivocating about the meaning of popular sovereignty to gratify voters in both sections.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018

Adams joked about these stories: “They ought to gratify your vanity,” he wrote Abigail, “enough to cure you and bring you here.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

This outcome is rare in the contemporary dating scene, but “Heated Rivalry” gratifies the hope that such a future is possible.

From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2026

“This work is the one that crowns all my hopes and gratifies all my ambitions.”

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 15, 2019

We're not in the same sport exactly, but it's the same milieu, and the fact that tour players know who I am and respect what I do gratifies me to no end.

From Golf Digest ● Nov. 13, 2018

If he gratifies his ego by smashing balls with his driver, Day has gotten better by putting in the work around the greens.

From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2016

In comparing an apple and a peach, both equally attainable, we may value the peach most highly because it gratifies desires in higher degree.

From Rural Health and Welfare by George Thompson Fairchild

But they can’t see what I remember when I hold it: cymbals timed correctly during the performance, a gratified nod from the conductor after weeks of botching it in rehearsal.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

Conservatives in the Western Hemisphere have been gratified by the center-right sweep in Latin American presidential elections since 2023.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

"I don't know whether to feel gratified by the vindication or annoyed by the amount of time I wasted in pointing out that the numbers were clearly wrong," he says.

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026

When I asked El-Erian about the Fed, I was gratified to hear him address one of my pet peeves: the dim-bulb types who proudly declare themselves to be data-dependent, full stop.

From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025

Celia and I feel gratified when we see Enrique and Mayor doing well here.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez

Those stories may occasionally adopt the fantastical and beastly into their narratives, but at their core, they focus on love in its most fundamental, gratifying forms.

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026

It should have been a precursor to a gratifying final bill, one notable for its unusual juxtaposition: Elgar’s “Enigma” Variations followed by Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

“I mean, it’s amazing, and it’s really gratifying too. It’s nice to know that you’re doing a business that’s really helping people.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026

He added: "It's so wonderful to see the world's love affair with the United States of America over our 250th birthday. It's been very gratifying."

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

Charles found this terribly gratifying and knew that with those endorsements he would continue to work hard on natural history.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman