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

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

“And yet for those people who wanted to stay with it, then it was satisfying as a long and circuitous journey.”

From Seattle Times • Jul. 10, 2023

It didn’t taste as good as it smelled, but it was satisfying.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah