gratify

Example Sentences

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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

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

In his place, Lewis Cass captured the Democratic nomination by equivocating about the meaning of popular sovereignty to gratify voters in both sections.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

Levy's Lodge—that was what the sign at the coast road said—was a Xanadu of the senses; within its insulated walls there was something that could gratify anything.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole