Sentence examples for gratification of having from inspiring English sources

"At first, I just wanted the instant gratification of having a pretty flag," he said.

(As an ex-speechwriter, I can only imagine the gratification of having one's work praised by America's finest literary critic).

I say lucky but in large part the luck was helped by the deferred gratification of having, for years, bought and maintained rental properties.

"Because it's anonymous and offers the immediate gratification of having found a deal, and you don't even have to engage in social interaction, these are fertile grounds for compulsive shoppers," Ms. Benson said.

It's the best of theatre and film – the instant gratification of having a live audience there, but also the creation of the sets and messing around with wigs, and the film-type elements that they use as well.

The introduction of Prime membership — which cost $79 per year, and provided free two-day shipping — similarly seemed to make little sense in terms of the immediate balance sheet, Mr. Stone says, but eventually justified its existence, turning "customers into Amazon addicts who gorged on the almost instant gratification of having purchases reliably appear two days after they ordered them".

But in an age of instant information gratification, the burden of having to hit the playback button — or worse, dial in to a mailbox and enter a pass code — and sit through "ums" and "ahs" can seem too much to bear.

Could this just be placebo or the simple gratification of him having created such a thing?

The "serial killer" with no apparent motive for his monstrous crimes except the gratification of desire has become, in the nineties, an icon of pop culture.

"There's a huge amount of gratification in having a skater I've worked with stand up and get a medal.

In an age of instant gratification Leeds United is having a long, drawn out affair with plenty of foreplay and slow arousal".