SATIETY in a Sentence

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For SATIETY, below is one of 5 sentences:
When she left me, I felt comparatively strong and revived: ere long satiety of repose and desire for action stirred me.

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 Meanings and Examples of SATIETY
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satiety
 n.  state of being satiated or glutted; fullness of gratification, either of the appetite or of any sensual desire
Classic Sentence:
1  When she left me, I felt comparatively strong and revived: ere long satiety of repose and desire for action stirred me.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
2  If she had destroyed Mrs. Dorset's letters, she might have continued to hate her; but the fact that they remained in her possession had fed her resentment to satiety.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 10
3  You have fallen asleep, not so much from weariness or satiety, as through a lack of vivid perceptions and impressions.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER IV
4  Yesterday it was appetite, to-day it is plenitude, to-morrow it will be satiety.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER II—BADLY SEWED
Example Sentence:
1  There is no satiety in study.