(v. t.) To please; to give pleasure to; to satisfy; to soothe; to indulge; as, to gratify the taste, the appetite, the senses, the desires, the mind, etc.
(v. t.) To requite; to recompense.
Example Sentences:
(1) The high support for organizations like MAPW was gratifying.
(2) The phenol and alcohol procedure still remains as one of the most effective and gratifying means of treatment for symptomatic ingrown nails.
(3) Anatomical results have been gratifying in that most patients are totally rehabilitated and may swim or shower without restrictions.
(4) A small number of patients with limited stage C carcinoma of the prostate have been treated with combined interstitial and external beam radiotherapy with gratifying results.
(5) This paper reviews the current trends in treatment and presents the authors' experience with an aggressive but simple surgical approach in highly competitive athletes that can yield gratifying results for both the athlete and physician.
(6) Despite these risk factors and a high postoperative complication rate, gratifying results may be achieved in these patients with a comprehensive understanding of regional surgical anatomy and a multidisciplinary approach to their care.
(7) While it is impossible to predict the outcome in many individual cases, it is also apparent that gratifying long-term results in addition to palliation can be achieved if one is perseverant and persistent in the application of sound principles in the management of this disorder.
(8) Both patients showed gratifying responses to therapy.
(9) In aortic stenosis it constitutes a gratifying palliative procedure in older patients at high surgical risk.
(10) The process is meticulous, but the results are gratifying when new data on nurse practitioners can be generated.
(11) It has been gratifying to observe a consensus emerge among experimental observations regarding the process of alcoholic fibrosis.
(12) They have buckets and trowels as they're going clamming, and Popeye leaves first, navigating the sand with a gratifyingly bandy gait.
(13) The early results with the PCA total hip replacement have been most gratifying, especially the absence of complications related to the acetabular component.
(14) Where its implementation is vigorous and sustained, the results are extremely gratifying; but problems, both technical and operational, need to be constantly reviewed and solutions found.
(15) The results are very gratifying as far as tenosynovectomy in the carpal tunnel and the pain is concerned.
(16) Four behavioral dispositions indicated a state of high emotional involvement in the marriage: striving to gratify interpersonal needs primarily through the marital relationship; needing to receive affection and desiring to provide support; desiring to satisfy these needs in a mutually satisfying way; and becoming irritated and hostile when maritally dissatisfied.
(17) Correct selection of the metal implant, meticulous attention to the biomechanical considerations and restoration of bone continuity by means of methylmethacrylate are most important if a gratifying result is to be obtained.
(18) Uncomplicated panic disorder can be easily managed by the primary care physician and is very often a rewarding and gratifying experience.
(19) The inherent capacities of national health services to execute their smallpox eradication programmes was gratifying.
(20) I am gratified that the Critique of Pure Reason, which must be surely one of the most difficult works of philosophy ever written, should have been chosen as among the most influential of all academic books,” he said of the 18th-century text.
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Definition:
(v. t.) To give pleasure to; to excite agreeable sensations or emotions in; to make glad; to gratify; to content; to satisfy.
(v. t.) To have or take pleasure in; hence, to choose; to wish; to desire; to will.
(v. t.) To be the will or pleasure of; to seem good to; -- used impersonally.
(v. i.) To afford or impart pleasure; to excite agreeable emotions.
(v. i.) To have pleasure; to be willing, as a matter of affording pleasure or showing favor; to vouchsafe; to consent.
Example Sentences:
(1) I can see you use humour as a defence mechanism, so in return I could just tell you that if he's massively rich or famous and you've decided you'll put up with it to please him, you'll eventually discover it's not worth it.
(2) We are pleased to see the process moving forward and look forward to its resolution,” a Target spokeswoman, Molly Snyder, said in an emailed statement.
(3) The prerequisite for all champions is the refusal to cave in, so City's equaliser with only three minutes remaining was pleasing.
(4) When Vladimir Putin kicks back on New Year's Eve with a glass of Russian-made champagne, and reflects on the year behind him, he is likely to feel rather pleased with himself at the way his foreign policy initiatives have gone in 2013.
(5) Chikavu Nyirenda, a leading political analyst, said: "She neglected to look at the local scene but spent a lot of time to please the west and promote herself."
(6) 3.14pm BST 14 mins: It's quite a pleasing thing that, some 22 years after the passback rule was put in place, fans still applaud a player heading the ball back to the keeper.
(7) I am pleased with that but disappointed with the result.
(8) Speaking about the player, who scored crucial goals for England during qualification for the 2014 World Cup, Hodgson said: “Andros was unlucky to lose his place in the squad when he wasn’t getting a regular game and he’s gone to Newcastle, got a regular game, and done very well there.” Expressing his delight in being selected, Townsend tweeted: “Huge honour to be named in provisional England squad for the euros ... Will give my all over next few weeks to try to make final squad!” Hodgson also declared himself pleased to include Jordan Henderson, who returned to action for Liverpool in Sunday’s 1-1 draw with West Bromwich Albion having been out since early April with damaged knee ligaments.
(9) This is a very nice drug and I’m sure Merck are feeling very pleased with themselves.” Matt Kennedy, who led the trial at Merck, said: “Today there are very limited therapeutic options available for people with Alzheimer’s disease, and those that exist provide only short-term improvement to the cognitive and functional symptoms.
(10) And he pleased the audience with an acknowledgement that social work is a tough job and social workers only human.
(11) [The prime minister] is very pleased we’ve been able to secure this arrangement.
(12) In the email King sets out ways jobcentre staff can catch out claimants, saying: "You should consider every doubt – if you are unsure then please conference with me."
(13) Angela Merkel says she's very pleased to accept the invitation to Davos, at a time when global economic growth is modest.
(14) Ladies and gentlemen, please put your hands together for Charles Antaki, he's here all week, try the Imodium.
(15) "This has been a challenging time for the BMJ but I am very pleased the panel has taken the view that we acted appropriately," said BMJ editor in chief, Dr Fiona Godlee.
(16) Two British throwers up there, it's unheard of, I'm pleased with where the sport's going."
(17) • If you have experiences relating to this story that you would like to share, please email us in confidence at inequality.project@theguardian.com
(18) As the embattled NHS chief executive was grilled in the televised hearing, committee member Valerie Vaz told him: "Please don't feel that this is a trial."
(19) Please, forgive me,” Choi Soon-sil, a cult leader’s daughter with a decades-long connection to Park, said through tears inside the Seoul prosecutor’s building, according to Yonhap news agency.
(20) "Really, really pleased," said the world silver medallist.