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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

It enacts the experience, purposefully discommoding that part of the audience that has long expected plays to gratify their emotional pleasures and endorse their sense of moral righteousness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2020

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

That was the way he lived; he passed his days trying to defeat or gratify powerful impulses in a world he feared.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright

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

But it’s a compliment he received from Rick Baker, a seven-time Oscar winner for special make-up effects, that most gratifies him.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 30, 2022

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

A professional man, however, gratifies his better nature and satisfies cultivated tastes.

From Seed Thoughts for Singers by Frank Herbert Tubbs

Brock was especially gratified that the show was making education attainable for working students, those priced out by rising tuition costs and gas prices, and stay-at-home moms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

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

"We are gratified by the jury's verdict in our favor," a Boeing spokesperson said in a statement to AFP.

From Barron's ● May 23, 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

Edna was not so consciously gratified at her hus-band’s leaving home as she had been over the departure of her father.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin

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

Their debut there, before the conductor officially assumed the music directorship, was a lively and gratifying pops event in January.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

She says she's been treated like a celebrity at school and in town this week and finds it particularly gratifying when she's congratulated by young, up-and-coming competitors in the sport.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 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

“It’s much more gratifying to come up with a decision on your own. Anyone can follow an algorithm. There is a tendency to say, ‘Well, certainly I can do better.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell