sated
Americanadjective
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fully satisfied.
After that deep bowl of superb salad, I left sated and content.
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overfilled with or overexposed to something to the point of being unable to bear more; glutted, as with food, pleasure, etc..
Congratulations for adding flavor to an old debate being forced upon a sated populace.
verb
Etymology
Origin of sated
Example Sentences
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Sated with free ice cream, schoolchildren were toted by donkeys past the "Inn of the Red Crawfish";�where the fox and cat plotted against Pinocchio�built by Architect Giovanni Michelucci as the entrance to the park.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sated with the sycophancy of the Times and the News, Ghanaians have turned in droves to the unsubsidized Graphic.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sated with violence, sick of crisis, weary of politics and protest alike, the U.S.�and the rest of the world�needed few excuses to look to the heavens.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sated and tired, the girls stretched out in the soft grass and watched the pale rind of moon grow more pronounced.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
Sated at length, ere long I might perceive Strange alteration in me, to degree Of reason in my inward powers; and speech Wanted not long; though to this shape retained.
From Paradise Lost by Milton, John
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