GRATIFYING in a Sentence

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Mrs. Jennings directly gave her the gratifying assurance that she certainly would NOT, and Miss Steele was made completely happy.

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 Meanings and Examples of GRATIFYING
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
gratifying
 a.  pleasing to the mind or feeling; giving personal satisfaction
Classic Sentence: (76 in 6 pages)
1  After so much time spent in painful labour, to arrive at once at the summit of my desires was the most gratifying consummation of my toils.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
2  Mrs. Jennings directly gave her the gratifying assurance that she certainly would NOT, and Miss Steele was made completely happy.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 32
3  And although my sister instantly boxed my ears, it was highly gratifying to me to see that the answer spoilt his joke, and brought him to a dead stop.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IX
4  He would have enjoyed gratifying the foolish notions of some soft little person and scolding her lovingly for her stupidity and extravagance.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
5  Edna had staked her father on his last venture, with the most gratifying results to both of them.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXIII
6  When Magua thought sufficient time had been lost in gratifying the family affection of the warrior, he again made the signal to proceed.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 27
7  It was gratifying, and she was lulled away in it, not caring for anything.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
8  Nothing could be so gratifying to me as to hear your opinion of it," was his answer; "but I fear there would be some disappointment: you would not find it equal to your present ideas.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
9  She was particularly asked to meet Mr Elliot, and be introduced to Lady Dalrymple and Miss Carteret, who were fortunately already engaged to come; and she could not have received a more gratifying attention.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22
10  In the profession we are accustomed to receive a great deal of most gratifying attention.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 5
11  On the contrary, you would probably feel that you were benefiting the human race, or increasing the sum of knowledge in the world, or gratifying intellectual curiosity, or something of that kind.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 14
12  The improvement in the character and life of the Negro ministers is one of the most gratifying evidences of the progress of the race.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XIV.
13  To meet you under such pleasant auspices and to have the opportunity of a personal observation of your work is indeed most gratifying.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XVII.
14  With your tastes, and means of gratifying them," continued Danglars, "you will exhibit a splendor that must effectually put us poor miserable millionaires quite in the shade.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 46. Unlimited Credit.
15  She then changed the discourse to one more gratifying to each, and on which there could be no difference of sentiment.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 18
Example Sentence:
1  It's gratifying to note that already much has been achieved.
2  "What shall I tell her?" "Oh, I will go by all means," I answered: and I was glad of the unexpected opportunity to gratify my much-excited curiosity.
3  Hence an important means towards happiness is the control of our desires, and the extinction of those that we cannot gratify, which is brought about by virtue.
4  Your good marks gratify me very much.
5  It gratified me to know that she would soon be well again.
6  Desire causes suffering because it can never be completely gratified.
7  We were gratified by the response to our appeal.
8  He was gratified by Lucy's response.
9  It gratified all the vicious vanity that was in him; and so, instead of winning him, it only "set him up" the more and made him the more diligent to avoid betraying that he knew she was about.
10  Of course the objection wrought my eagerness to a climax: gratified it must be, and that without delay; and I told him so.
11  Adolf Hitler either has a disturbingly big print run in these parts - since there are a lot of them - or gratifyingly low sales, since they're still there.