Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

While the pacing stumbles a little in the first half, it picks up satisfyingly on alternate Earth with John Ward’s as-yet-unknown master plan.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

More satisfyingly, he starred in The Limey: as a career English criminal hunting for his missing daughter.

From BBC • Aug. 17, 2025

But for many fans of the show, the mystery of Bobby’s nature was never satisfyingly solved.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2024

To start, the ninth and final movie in the Skywalker saga operates with a structure emblematic of the franchise's inability to innovate or end satisfyingly.

From Salon • Jul. 19, 2024

It tasted like the cardboard covers of our primers, salty, dry, fibrous, but not as satisfyingly chewy.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago