gratify

Example Sentences

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Finding the least taxing way to activate your inner circle could gratify — and edify — all involved, and restore a sense of control over your own well-being.

From Washington Post • Dec. 21, 2022

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

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

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