How to Use gratify in a Sentence

gratify

verb
  • A guilty verdict would gratify the victim's relatives.
  • He's only concerned with gratifying his own desires.
  • Benson was gratified that a buyer picked up one of his pieces for a gift.
    — Linda Girardi, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
  • She was gratified to see the man there in the counselor's office that day.
    — Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Brooks didn’t know how to gratify his master, and therefore was killed.
    — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 22 Apr. 2022
  • Williams said he is gratified that the work of his staff is being rewarded.
    — Joe Heim, Washington Post, 11 June 2017
  • So we’re really gratified with how well this has been received so far.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 1 May 2025
  • Choi’s been gratified, too, by the reception the play has received on this tour.
    — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2026
  • There’s just something so gratifying about being able to say thank you.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 29 Nov. 2025
  • The production of such a fun and poignant piece is gratifying.
    — David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2025
  • On one hand, few things are as innately gratifying as banging with sticks to keep a beat.
    — Popular Science, 22 Jan. 2020
  • Mostly, she’s gratified to be part of something that has a real message at its core.
    — Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
  • For now, though, he has been gratified by the reception for what is already available.
    — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 17 May 2024
  • When Aitkin returned, she was gratified to see how the two women had grown into their roles.
    — Kelly Grant/the Globe and Mail (canada), San Francisco Chronicle, 15 May 2023
  • She’s been gratified by the response to the book, now in a second printing, around the country.
    — Ellen Piligian, Detroit Free Press, 7 Jan. 2024
  • So it's been a strange but really gratifying thing.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Seeing the results of their work has been gratifying.
    — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The banking sector is no doubt gratified by Biden’s actions this week.
    — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Always do right; this will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
    — Danny Heitman, Christian Science Monitor, 9 May 2025
  • He's also gratified his idea to do Leopold readings in Lodi has spread far and wide.
    — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2023
  • Yet fans hoping to glimpse the problems of the 21st century in the new book will be gratified, too.
    — The Economist, 12 Sep. 2019
  • Just making it to the majors despite all the twists and turns has been gratifying for Covey.
    — Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 June 2018
  • The Voice could not pay him for the first several years but the exposure was gratifying.
    — Elaine Woo, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2025
  • And that is gratifying after two episodes of somewhat dull table-setting.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
  • And everyone -- all but four -- ignored their constituents in order to gratify the ego of their colleagues.
    — NOLA.com, 2 June 2017
  • Somewhere along the line, a sense of progress becomes clearer, and what was tedious becomes gratifying.
    — Dr. Rina Koshkina, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The press coverage is amazing, and the praise heaped on Rachael is gratifying and humbling.
    — Lori Johnston, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2018
  • And the first movie was recognized by the WGA, and I was gratified by that.
    — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Florsheim said that while he would have been gratified with a not guilty verdict, the result would have just applied to Shorewood.
    — Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Harrington was gratified by the turnout; more so by the number of his former charges who seem headed toward success in life.
    — Dan McGrath, chicagotribune.com, 2 May 2017

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