gratification

How To Use gratification In A Sentence

• The very things that in the moment dampen our moods can later be sources of intense gratification and delight.
• Nor did it prohibit the commercial sale of other items used for sexual gratification, such as ribbed condoms or vibrators that were primarily intended to relieve muscle tension but could also be adapted for sexual purposes.
• Joseph said while some people were looking for instant gratification, one had to be willing to invest effort and energy to get the desired results.
• When motivation flags, bailing out doesn't just deep-six the goal, it deprives you of what you really need, the gratification of having moved forward. Joe Robinson: Don't Give Up: Why Effort Is The Key To Satisfaction
• My wife's breasts are neither the seat of my sexual gratification nor an open-all-night diner for the latest nursling.
• A feed will usually provide instant gratification to a crying baby.
• Marriage and long-term commitment have to mean more than short-term self-gratification, otherwise what separates them from a holiday fling?
• It seems that we prefer self-gratification than the quality of life which our children will inherit.
• I didn't care over-weeningly for it for personal gratification; and in my philosophy I completed the circle, finding myself as equable with the lack of a ten-cent piece as I was with the squandering of scores of dollars in calling all men and hangers-on up to the bar to drink with me. Chapter 18
• For others it may mean serving the poor and gaining mental gratification.