Sentence examples for gratification without from inspiring English sources

There can be no sadistic gratification without empathy, the ability to imagine the other's pain.

Digressing across a web of family connections, he delays gratification without frustrating desire.

Soundtracks offer instant commercial gratification without the expensive commitment associated with long-term artist development.

They celebrate thrill-seeking and instant gratification without ever allowing any thought of responsibility towards others, or commitment, to intrude.

Having sexual gratification without constantly seeking out a new sexual partner gives you the space to reflect on your own sexuality.

Economic sanctions and air power have become the indispensable handmaidens of today's foreign policy because they offer, in Eliot Cohen's phrase, the allure of modern courtship: gratification without commitment.

Several substances, including alcohol and cocaine, damage the frontal lobes of the brain, which help control impulses and manage delayed gratification.[50][51] Without such regulation, individuals may have significantly impaired judgment and difficulty understanding consequences.[52][53].[52][53]

Still, we've gone soft since those days of wartime sacrifice, haven't we? Contemporary humans are too self-centered, too addicted to gratification to live without the full freedom to satisfy our every whim – or so our culture tells us every day.

Because teens gravitate to audio and visual stimulation more than reading, social media enables them instant gratification and connection without the pain of reading paragraphs of information.

But we cannot refer to these without expressing gratification that our pages are emblazoned with fresh proud records of British valour.

With enough ingenuity, and delayed gratification, funding a business without an investor is possible.