For it not only gratifiesour curiosity about the mother and the babe, but it also moves us.
It is cruel to refuse kind offices, the mere acceptance of which so gratifies the donor.
The man who becomes liberal all of a sudden, gratifies the foolish, but for the wary spreads his toils in vain.
She points out the Wolf’s den to the Shepherd, who shuts him in, despatches him immediately with a spear, and gladly gratifies his rival with the property of another.
The patient affected with this disorder gratifies the frequent desire he has to pass his urine, the operation being accompanied with pain and forcing, the most severe pain being experienced after the excretion has taken place.
Be particular, also, that the suet and fat are not rancid, ever remembering the grand principle that everything which gratifies the palate nourishes.
It gratifies me that you have occasionally felt an interest in my situation; but your quotation from Jean Paul about the 'lark's nest' makes me smile.
A young man becomes the possessor of a certain magic skin, the peculiarity of which is that, while it gratifies every wish formed by its possessor, it shrinks in all its dimensions each time that a wish is gratified.
There are many ways of telling a secret, by which a man exempts himself from the reproaches of his conscience, and gratifies his pride, without suffering himself to believe that he impairs his virtue.
My dear Professor, "Your communication gratifiesand amazes me.
My friend," the Professor said, "your news gratifies me, of course.
The less urgent wants of the present are sacrificed in order to protect the income that gratifies the more urgent wants of the future.
One person loses a part of his income that gratifies relatively urgent wants; another gains something that gratifies only less urgent wants than were represented by the sum he risked.
In modern conditions the relations are vastly more complicated; only at the end of a long series do men arrive at the thing which gratifies their wants.
Progress takes place where new wealth gratifies marginal wants as intense as those of the preceding period.
One who gratifies his appetites without stint; one given to indulgence in eating and drinking.
A free indulgence in costly food, dress, furniture, or anything expensive which gratifies the appetites or tastes.
A pleasing taste; flavor that gratifies the palate; hence, enjoyable quality; power of pleasing.
Whatever gratifies the lower sense appetites and causes organic pleasure is good--bonum delectabile--but is not deemed beautiful.
Whatever gratifiesits senses, gives it sensible delight, it likes or loves.
He must scrutinize the objects of one sense, by the perceptions of another; examine with the eye, before he ventures to touch; and employ every means of observation, before he gratifies the appetites of thirst and of hunger.
When a man of intense and excited imagination makes an image of an enemy, and stabs it, that his enemy may suffer, his action gratifies the impulse to stab, as if he wounded the enemy himself, and revenge seems to be a present fact.
Wealth gives rank, and gratifies not only the greed but also the emulative spirit of the pack.
He therefore permits her to live in her own way, which is something extraordinary, and gratifies her in all her whimsical desires.
Here Bhrigu says that by that act one gratifies the Creator.
By accomplishing acts foul or fair, one gratifies these (relatives).
He who pleases his preceptorgratifies Brahma by his act.
He who pleases his mother gratifies the earth herself.
It is generally said that by procreating offspring, one gratifies the Pitris or pays off the debt one owes to one's deceased ancestors.
Jiva, occupying a portion of that capacious unconsciousness gratifiesthe deities.
He is said to be truly conversant with the Vedas who is conversant with that which gratifies one whose stomach is empty, which pleases one who is indigent, and which invigorates one whose limbs are dry.
Jiva, finding a place within that unconsciousness existing in the form of gross and subtile, gratifies the deities, prana and the senses.
Salutations to thee in thy form of Soma that is spoken of as the chief of all the regenerate ones and that gratifies with nectar the gods in the lighted fortnight and the Pitris in the dark fortnight.
The former satisfies the mind, but offends the ear; the latter gratifies the ear, but disgusts the mind.
That is, he gratifies your envy by libelling your superiors.
He gratifies us by representing those as hateful or contemptible whom we hate and wish to despise.
It always gratifies curiosity to trace a sentiment.
Our quarrel with Lewis has been long over; and it now gratifies neither zeal nor malice to see him painted with aggravated features, like a Saracen upon a sign.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "gratifies" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
