Sentence examples for he gratified from inspiring English sources

The new prime minister in waiting, Junichiro Koizumi, today demonstrated the kind of balancing act he will need in weeks ahead: within hours, he gratified conservatives in the governing party with an unusually strong call for Japan to field an army, then met with coalition partners adamantly opposed to any such move.

Not that some in the audience will care much about the writer's needs by then, having sat by and watched as he gratified them while neglecting everybody else's — including, in the case of Jeffrey Lent's third novel, "A Peculiar Grace," the presumptive desire of his protagonist (a middle-aged, stoic loner named Hewitt Pearce who loved and lost and must learn to love again).

He was "gratified," he told reporters, and he was hopeful, although he realized that the coming battle in the House would not "be a day at the beach".

But he says that he is gratified that he can help keep the land the way it is.

He was gratified, he said, by the enthusiastic audience response to the recent Encores! production of "Merrily We Roll Along," a flop at its 1981 Broadway premiere.

He said he was gratified to see "no more disgusting lip marks".

He said he was gratified to hear that his experience might have nudged policies forward.

He said he was gratified to learn that chocolate is actually good for you in limited amounts.

He said he was gratified at its unanimous acceptance of his proposal and its readiness to waive fees.

He said he was gratified to see the increasing engagement of young people in politics, saying, "If this is the result of the Putin regime, then great".

Mr. Tjianan said he was gratified that he could lure three Chinese artists, as well as Gu Wenda, a Chinese-born artist living in Brooklyn, to the show.