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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But she said that would not have been satisfying esthetically, and she would have lost money on the wine.
From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 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
“Still, it must have been satisfying to be honored with the Tony Award last year?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 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
This explanation should have been satisfying, doubtless, but Barbara did not seem to find it wholly so.
From Shavings by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
