gratify
Example Sentences
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But it’s the houses that surprise visitors and gratify us, even if they can only be glimpsed from a street or a sidewalk.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2022
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
But that's not saying much, most of them neutered themselves by kowtowing to him from the get-go in order to gratify their personal desires and enrich themselves.
From New York Times • Mar. 7, 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
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