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
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
“I’ll do my best to gratify you, Sir,” was Laurie’s unusually dutiful reply, as he carefully unpinned the posy Jo had put in his buttonhole.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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