gratifies
- present tense form of gratify (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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This outcome is rare in the contemporary dating scene, but “Heated Rivalry” gratifies the hope that such a future is possible.
From Salon • Feb. 13, 2026
We're not in the same sport exactly, but it's the same milieu, and the fact that tour players know who I am and respect what I do gratifies me to no end.
From Golf Digest • Nov. 13, 2018
If he gratifies his ego by smashing balls with his driver, Day has gotten better by putting in the work around the greens.
From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2016
The appeal of superhero movies derives from a primal mythological power that taps into similar nerve centers to those that religion gratifies.
From The New Yorker • May 14, 2015
He gratifies the eye by presenting it with those views which are the most charming, and gives it repose by distributing them at just distances.
From The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century by Lanzi, Luigi Antonio
