gratify
verb (used with object)
to give pleasure to (a person or persons) by satisfying desires or humoring inclinations or feelings.
is gratifying
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present progressiveof gratify (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Okerlund, who turned 21 in March, says becoming the youngest Bulger finisher is gratifying, but it wasn’t his main motivation.
From Seattle Times ● May 27, 2024
In the same interview, “Barbie’s” star and producer, Margot Robbie, said the overwhelmingly positive response to the film is gratifying.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2024
Debate aside, breaking's remarkable battle the from Bronx's sidewalks to the Olympic stage is gratifying for Holman, one of the few who grasped the potential of its power-moves and poetry more than four decades ago.
From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2023
It is gratifying to see new thinking about this age-old disease.
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2022
Only the steady pounding of rain on the roof is gratifying, sounding as if old Huracan were beating on the building for all the crimes engineered inside.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
