Sentence examples for Sense of gratification from inspiring English sources

The conference carried a sense of gratification delayed or denied.

"I just had an overwhelming sense of gratification and accomplishment," Vickery said last week.

Many people shared an obscure sense of gratification that Thomas had died young, as a poet should.

"In the short run, this decision may give some sense of gratification to the Luddites of old Labour.

Debbie and Frank will spend the next few months getting Frankie prepped for the college application process with a dueling sense of gratification and ambivalence.

Feelings of inadequacy, a longing for paths not taken, or a sense of gratification too long delayed can prompt the taking of one small risk, one awkward advance, and then another, therapists say.

Throughout the show there's a powerful sense of deferred gratification.

Numbers in the range of 15 to 30 knots are generally accompanied by a sense of profound gratification.

And unlike with her three-year-long vocational school program, she says, completing a Code School lesson gives a sense of immediate gratification, and game-related tasks like building a blackjack game are fun.

As Ian puts us on hold, forms an orderly queue and sits down to watch a slow film in the company of filmmaker Spencer Slovic, he experiences a sense of delayed gratification with philosopher Professor Harold Schweizer, tunes up in the orchestra pit with percussionist Sam Staunton, and endures the protracted delay in getting published with Northern Irish author Wendy Erskine.

The allure of a get rich quick solution provides a sense of instant gratification even though the odds of success are long.