satisfy
verb (used with object)
to fulfill the desires, expectations, needs, or demands of (a person, the mind, etc.); give full contentment to.
was satisfying
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past progressiveof satisfy.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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“You’d get hungry between film A and film B, but you didn’t need to leave because popcorn was satisfying and sold right there for 10 cents,” says Melnick.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
Dobbins would never say his triumphant return to the field one year after suffering a torn Achilles was satisfying.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2024
By way of a footnote, it was satisfying to learn that the lies of Rep. George Santos were revealed, before he was elected, by a small Long Island paper, The North Shore Leader.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2023
That was satisfying for me, as well, because I didn’t want it to be all neat and tidy at the end.
From New York Times ● May 11, 2023
Even though she didn’t yet know what to do with the next clue, the fact that she’d come this far was satisfying enough.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
