satisfy
verb (used with object)
to fulfill the desires, expectations, needs, or demands of (a person, the mind, etc.); give full contentment to.
have been satisfying
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present perfect progressiveof satisfy.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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There have been satisfying moments — when a story I wrote prompted a new privacy law in California or exposed a problem that would otherwise have remained hidden.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2022
That’s what makes advice columns so satisfying to read, and for Carroll to spend more than a quarter-century producing them, they must have been satisfying for her to write, too.
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2019
But while the solution CNN hit on may have been satisfying to the candidates, it was frustrating for the viewer.
From Time ● Sep. 17, 2015
It was satisfying in a way few games have been satisfying this year.
From Forbes ● Nov. 18, 2014
This explanation should have been satisfying, doubtless, but Barbara did not seem to find it wholly so.
From Shavings by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby
