Sentence examples for fleeting gratification from inspiring English sources

So much of what we do all day long requires little real effort, but yields only the most fleeting gratification.

In White Noise, Don DeLillo writes, "The world was a series of fleeting gratifications".

In White Noise, Don DeLillo writes, "The world was a series of fleeting gratifications". (170) So by all means when the silence drags, on seemingly endless, perhaps that is the only way to shut down the fleetingness of the world.

Tannenbaum's riskiest move — trading up to select Sanchez fifth over all in 2009 — yielded immediate gratification but fleeting success.

Every now and then, the film's myriad narrative strands intersect in a fleeting moment of audience gratification, but for the most part they simply play out in real time, blisteringly evoking the quiet rhythms of human behaviour or prattling on for no reason whatsoever, depending on your perspective – and your tolerance for 30-minute unbroken shots of experimental theatre rehearsals.

The coziness of my room has dissipated; maybe once I spoke of it I allowed the fleeting nature of its gratification to quietly fly away.

Get laid or get bashed – life, death – but the promise of fleeting, but tangible selfie-gratification.

These cues prompt us to move away from any potential pain and discomfort, no matter how minimal, and toward immediate reward and gratification, no matter how fleeting.

By nature, teens want to be popular with instant gratification and fame constantly fleeting.

From Hollywood stardom to just a fleeting appearance the local 10 o'clock news, the dynamic of hope and gratification is pretty much the same.

Instantaneous gratification.