self-gratification
Example Sentences
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Like clockwork, the Academy rides into the year on a tide of self-gratification, and, with a few exceptions, the results are unlovely.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 13, 2020
Crucially, these collected lyrics aren’t an exercise in self-gratification; Sondheim is insightful and unsparing about his own mistakes, even the ones that only he is smart enough to see.
From Slate • Nov. 18, 2019
They may not use his particular cover and cast pitiless self-gratification as a healing touch.
From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2018
“There’s a lot of self-gratification in helping people. I can’t believe people send us thank-you notes for something we get paid to do.”
From Washington Times • Feb. 6, 2017
As the source of all defilement of the flesh is self-gratification, so self-seeking is at the root of all defilement of the spirit.
From Holy in Christ Thoughts on the Calling of God's Children to be Holy as He is Holy by Murray, Andrew
