- present participle of satisfy.
satisfying
Example Sentences
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"It was very tricky with the winds because it was very gusty, unpredictable, and to build the car to pole was very satisfying."
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
The first two episodes of Season 3 are out, and this week’s was particularly satisfying, Slate’s Jenny G. Zhang and Rebecca Onion write.
From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2026
The most satisfying aspect of Ms. Waldman’s handling of the period detail is her insistence on imagining life from the viewpoint of the servants’ hall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Still, the production design has imaginatively askew takes on the mundane: gridded jail cells, plodding space buses, clumsy oxygen suits that shimmy on with a satisfying squeak.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
I shook mine to listen to its satisfying rattle.
From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon
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