gratify

Does the work you do now gratify you any differently than it did when you were starting out?

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2025

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

“Such attentions as Mrs. Elton’s, I should have imagined, would rather disgust than gratify Miss Fairfax. Mrs. Elton’s invitations I should have imagined any thing but inviting.”

From "Emma" by Jane Austen

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

Eating gratifies all the senses: We take in the aroma of a handsome dish, delight at the sound of a sizzling steak or crave the crunch of a crusty baguette.

From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2023

“This work is the one that crowns all my hopes and gratifies all my ambitions.”

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 15, 2019

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

So long as it is interesting at the moment and gratifies the dreamer in any way, it serves its purpose.

From Psychology A Study Of Mental Life by Robert S. Woodworth

Dans, who served in the US Office of Personnel Management during Trump's first administration, said he felt "gratified" by the number of policies in the document that have already been adopted.

From BBC ● Feb. 21, 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

His way with words even saves his life, since the man he crosses happens to be heartbroken and easily gratified by his trespasser’s willingness to pull a Cyrano de Bergerac on his behalf.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2025

The results probably gratified the farmers, for the casualty list included some 65,000 red-winged blackbirds and starlings.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

What began as a way to embellish college entrance applications has become a gratifying life experience for the teens as well as the elementary school students.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2026

"But obviously it's infinite and very mysterious so I don't think I get the understanding I'm looking for but the process is really gratifying," he adds.

From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026

Even the surprising, gratifying wins like Madigan’s and Jordan’s feel as though they’re a mere half-step in the ceremony’s larger context.

From Salon ● Mar. 16, 2026

It’s very gratifying that something that’s this close to my heart has had such an amazing time.”

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 13, 2026

Without a full pack, I walked straight up it without stopping—a novel and gratifying experience.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson