Sentence examples for avoid gratifying from inspiring English sources
Even the astringently sharp and high-pitched vocals of its chorus avoid gratifying the listener with a "drop", so when the song comes to an abrupt finish it feels oddly unsatisfying.
Condon's Maternal Antenatal Attachment Scale [ 28] considers love for the fetus as the central experience and includes maternal dispositions towards the fetus of knowing, being with, protecting, gratifying needs, and avoiding loss [ 28].
Investment is a more active process of involvement in the pregnancy [ 13] whereas attachment is concerned with the development of feelings for the baby as the parent seeks: to know, to be with and interact with, to protect, to avoid separation or loss and to gratify needs of the unborn child [ 14].
As an irony-addicted Gen X coeval of the children who play with a Speak & Spell in the pilot, I found such scenes both gratifying and insightful — the more so since they avoid mean-spiritedness.
As much as this win by 57 runs was welcome in avoiding the ninth loss of the winter and the 10th in a row in all, the manner of its achievement was equally gratifying.
Heretics and infidels, like myself, will be gratified to have avoided a more parlous fate.
The prestige is gratifying.
The results were gratifying.
