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
It was satisfying for the Scots but deeply uncomfortable for the game as a whole.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2023
Still, it was satisfying to read about a demographic so often invisible, to see a community brought into focus through a woman with an inner life that is layered, confusing and at times unflattering.
From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2023
Someday he’d get even with Carter but at the moment it was satisfying enough to have Carter regarding him with awe and envy.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
