Sentence examples for gratified though from inspiring English sources

I am gratified, though somewhat surprised to discover that there is no strict need to use any dairy at all in a chocolate pot; Coady's spring water ganache is, as the name suggests, made with boiling water, though she suggests this can be substituted with a "light fragrant tea" or even Champagne "though I think it's a bit of a waste".

As for the grand finale, the audience seemed largely gratified, though far from staggered, when the top gong was handed to "The Shape of Water" — or, as it was labelled at the foot of the screen, "Shape of Water," which presumably heralds an industry-wide crackdown on definite articles.

But hunting wayward tax revenues, gratifying though it may be for the self-esteem of analogue authorities, doesn't begin to grapple with the challenge.

Though gratified by the success, Mr. Pascal assumed that "Rent" would be his first and only theater gig.

A story in the Times three months ago contained a reference to his past "brush with bankruptcy," and Trump, though gratified that the Times gave him play on the front page, took umbrage at that phrase.

Though deeply gratified to have these new documents of Kapell's artistry, Dr. Dehavenon cherishes memories of many performances that, she assumes, were never recorded, including accounts of Schubert's A major Sonata, Mozart's Concerto in G (K. 453), Chopin's First Piano Concerto and Copland's thorny Piano Variations, a work both she and her husband loved.

I was also gratified when The Times finally, though belatedly, acceded to the use of the title in its pages.

As twilight fell, the little band seemed gratified by its good deed, though they despaired that they couldn't reach the globe because it is so high off the ground.

A food writer, though, was also gratified, by the garlicky jolt of the aioli on patatas bravas; steak tartare in puddles of buttermilk; a pork shank with shelling beans made summery with strands of zucchini and dollops of salsa verde.

"State of Play" is based on a six-hour BBC miniseries, and though I was gratified by the sharp dialogue and acting in many scenes, I don't think the movie adds up to much.

Even though I was gratified that I'd been saved from a disgraceful misidentification of a garment that has, within hours, become part of the American lexicon (no one seemed surprised when Maureen Dowd couldn't resist writing a column asking "Who's Sari Now?"), I realized that my blog had to change.