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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 sidewalk.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 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

But speculations such as these, though they absorbed Dewey, did not gratify him or give him a sense of “getting somewhere.”

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

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

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

Because it gratifies a craving for Frenchitude—for a stereotypical cinematic blend of freewheeling possibility and sociable leisure, of loose emotional indulgence protected by official institutions.

From The New Yorker ● Mar. 23, 2016

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

So gratified was Capra that he didn’t mind when a friend toasted him publicly as “a legend in his own book.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

But they can’t see what I remember when I hold it: cymbals timed correctly during the performance, a gratified nod from the conductor after weeks of botching it in rehearsal.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

"We are gratified by the jury's verdict in our favor," a Boeing spokesperson said in a statement to AFP.

From Barron's ● May 23, 2026

"I don't know whether to feel gratified by the vindication or annoyed by the amount of time I wasted in pointing out that the numbers were clearly wrong," he says.

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026

They pulled up in an awkward clump, and while they didn’t actually collide, Gregor felt gratified to see several riders struggling to stay on their bats.

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins

Those stories may occasionally adopt the fantastical and beastly into their narratives, but at their core, they focus on love in its most fundamental, gratifying forms.

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026

“I mean, it’s amazing, and it’s really gratifying too. It’s nice to know that you’re doing a business that’s really helping people.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026

Mora said that the excitement surrounding the fruit has been the most gratifying part.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026

He added: "It's so wonderful to see the world's love affair with the United States of America over our 250th birthday. It's been very gratifying."

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

I should perhaps have found gratifying a little more polite resistance to my observation, but he offered no feint; he denied not her favor and accepted his lot with alacrity.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson