SATISFACTION in a Sentence

Learn SATISFACTION from example sentences, some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

For SATISFACTION, below is one of 235 sentences:
Mr. Bounderby, bending himself at the knees, literally embraced his legs in his great satisfaction and laughed aloud.

Free Online Vocabulary Test
K12, SAT, GRE, IELTS, TOEFL
 Input your word:
Search Sentence
Want to search a word in classic works?
Search Classic Quotes
 Meanings and Examples of SATISFACTION
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
satisfaction
 n.  fulfillment or gratification of a desire, need, or appetite; source or means of gratification
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Twice he stopped, and once I saw him smile, and heard him utter an exclamation of satisfaction.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
2  There was, however, no trace of exultation or satisfaction upon his face.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
3  There is no satisfaction in vengeance unless the offender has time to realize who it is that strikes him, and why retribution has come upon him.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
4  As they approached the farm Squealer, who had unaccountably been absent during the fighting, came skipping towards them, whisking his tail and beaming with satisfaction.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VIII
5  It was a source of great satisfaction to him, he said--and, he was sure, to all others present--to feel that a long period of mistrust and misunderstanding had now come to an end.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter X
6  Mr. Gradgrind walked homeward from the school, in a state of considerable satisfaction.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER III
7  Mr. Bounderby, bending himself at the knees, literally embraced his legs in his great satisfaction and laughed aloud.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER V
8  It afforded Mr. Bounderby supreme satisfaction to instal himself in this snug little estate, and with demonstrative humility to grow cabbages in the flower-garden.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VII
9  Louisa uttered an exclamation, partly of distress, partly of satisfaction.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI
10  If, leaving this task, which might be compared to spurring a tired jade, or to hammering upon cold iron, Cedric fell back to his ward Rowena, he received little more satisfaction from conferring with her.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
11  And as he felt the frenzy of her achieving her own orgasmic satisfaction from his hard, erect passivity, he had a curious sense of pride and satisfaction.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
12  And she used all her aroused cheerfulness and satisfaction to stimulate Clifford, so that he wrote his best at this time, and was almost happy in his strange blind way.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
13  He really reaped the fruits of the sensual satisfaction she got out of Michaelis' male passivity erect inside her.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
14  Then you could keep yourself cold and be very estimable, and hold your own, and enjoy the satisfaction of holding it.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
15  At the same time, there was a lurking soft satisfaction about her, even of triumph, and private satisfaction.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
Example Sentence: (25 in 2 pages)
1  There is in liberty as in innocence and virtue a satisfaction one can only feel in their enjoyment and a pleasure which can cease only when lost.
2  Guilt always hurries towards its complement, punishment; only there does its satisfaction lie.
3  He had the satisfaction of seeing his book become a best-seller.
4  I really believe that it is possible to both improve customer satisfaction and reduce costs.
5  She can look back on her career with great satisfaction.
6  The affair was settled to the complete satisfaction of the client.
7  He derives great satisfaction from his stamp collection.
8  The boy explained to the satisfaction of the court why he had lied.
9  My current level of job satisfaction is pretty low.
10  The company is trying to improve customer satisfaction.
11  A customer satisfaction survey highlighted the need for clearer pricing.
12  They carried out a customer satisfaction survey.
13  I got no satisfaction from the customer complaints department.
14  She got great satisfaction from helping people to learn.
15  He signed his name with evident satisfaction.