"I am gratified only because I know it is what his fans want," he said.
Instant gratification is, indeed, gratifying, but only for an instant, in the same way that eating a potato chip is gratifying.
Our Komen experience is gratifying, but by no means is it the only effort toward ending the global burden of cancer.
With its shout-along choruses, fuck-it-all attitude, and unabashed guitar worship, the record was instantly gratifying, and only sounded better as the Saturdays of July and August offered the chances to blast its eight songs out of car windows on sunny drives to the beach.
In contrast to the classical Simmons Smith reaction, it was also gratifying that only 3.0 and 3.5 equivalents of MeOCONH2and (EtO)3CH, respectively, are required.
Given our limited understanding of the full complexity of the soybean genome, it is gratifying that only a small percentage (3.5%) of the reads that mapped uniquely were located outside the predicted gene models.
The AP story says Ms. Carey is gratified not only because of her personal success, but what it meant for women and minorities.
Just about the only gratifying aspect of Roy Keane's departure from Sunderland was that it injected some reality into the theory that the Premier League manager under most intense pressure was Paul Ince.
It makes sense, then, why it's not only gratifying to be the recipient of a juicy piece of gossip, but also why it can be so tempting to spill a personal detail about a co-worker, mutual friend, or family member to other members of the group.
It's gratifying to travel only the Web's most-traveled roads.
