gratified

Example Sentences

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"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

Woolley and Hood surely would be gratified by the Preservation Commission’s finding:

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 8, 2025

Korean palace cuisine, also known as Korean royal court cuisine, is in danger of being lost, which is why Park is gratified to see it depicted in shows popular with global audiences.

From Salon • Oct. 26, 2025

But they seemed gratified, as Mayor Don Carter, who was one of those to go big-time belly up, put it, to have taken a “chance in the free enterprise market.”

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger