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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
gratify .
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Examples
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One imagines a “therapy site” where enthusiasts for sex with children are encouraged to post their fantasies, on the hypothesis that fantasy expression gratifies the desire sufficiently to ward off any real-world experiments.
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"So now it kind of gratifies me to be in this position where I have to trade."
NYT > Home Page By JONATHAN ABRAMS 2010
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"So now it kind of gratifies me to be in this position where I have to trade."
NYT > Home Page By JONATHAN ABRAMS 2010
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But it is the love of the critics that gratifies Cooper the most, such as when the Daily Mail eruditely weighs in on one of his choicest works: "In one hilarious snap the moment he mocks a dog trapped behind the glass of someone's front porch is taken with almost human-like humor."
ARTINFO: Is This Cat a Great Photographer? The Seattle Art Scene's Feline Phenomenon ARTINFO 2011
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I'm homophobic, I actually don't read well enough to get this book, I hate (insert virtually anything here), I am a hopeless snob who gratifies my ego by posting bad reviews.
"Chain, chain...every shadow, every face." greygirlbeast 2010
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It has helped that audio work gratifies not only his artistic side but also his technological-geek hankerings.
'The Glass Menagerie': Sound designer Matthew M. Nielson conjures up auditory effects 2011
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It demands that the viewer act to save that which gratifies him, like putting another quarter in the peep show slot ensures you get to keep watching.
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But it is the love of the critics that gratifies Cooper the most, such as when the Daily Mail eruditely weighs in on one of his choicest works: "In one hilarious snap the moment he mocks a dog trapped behind the glass of someone's front porch is taken with almost human-like humor."
ARTINFO: Is This Cat a Great Photographer? The Seattle Art Scene's Feline Phenomenon ARTINFO 2011
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It demands that the viewer act to save that which gratifies him, like putting another quarter in the peep show slot ensures you get to keep watching.
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It gratifies me to know that by immersing themselves in my stories, people are able to set their own lives aside and live and walk in someone elses shoes.
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