gratification

Examples of gratified

gratified

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

They depict a process in which desire is produced and gratified through the dissolution of the morally integrated self.
According to this model, desire should be fanned to a feverish pitch; however, it must never be gratified, not in this world.
What we actually are concerned with are human responses, organic and social necessities, which can be gratified on or through this site.
I am gratified that so many of the commentaries appreciated the value of this argument.
Africanists will no doubt be gratified to find that the continent receives so much attention, but there are significant omissions.
We were gratified by the enthusiastic response of those invited to join our board.
Judging this injunction to be achievable, many scientists were gratified; they believed they would not be asked again for unlimited political commitment.
Both parties could be gratified by the same narrative, while the restingplaces of power in the real world in fact remained unchanged.
I was gratified when a reviewer picked me out.
We are gratified, but also challenged, to respond to these wide-ranging remarks.
In fact, the learning theory principles suggest that children whose needs are continually gratified may not be adequately frustrated to allow the counterconditioning of frustration within the successful bonding relationship.
When his passion is gratified, and he begins coolly to reflect on his past conduct, he can enter into none of the motives which influenced it.
They were gratified by the family's effort to provide optimal circumstances for doing homework, for instance by designating a space where they could complete study tasks.
We are gratified that our target article elicited interest and comments from colleagues in so many different disciplines, including developmental psychology, cognitive science, philosophy, motor control, animal behavior, and neuroscience.
Third, we contacted several colleagues who had established tree plots in the region, and were gratified to receive unpublished data for a number of additional sites.
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