I'm curious about what heroin would be like; that doesn't mean I'll be gratifying that curiosity.
Signing the bill will be gratifying for many reasons.
If my books helps put all of this in a broader historical context, so that we aren't going through one more tedious round in the Vatican II Wars, then I'll be gratified.
For its part Israel will be gratified that Iran, long its "existential" security issue, is now being treated with equal seriousness by western countries and Russia.
Indeed, anyone who prizes the book for its treasure chest of jokes will be gratified by how many of them survive onscreen, including the advice dished out by the waitress at a seafood restaurant, as she takes orders for drinks ("You're going to want to get good and fucked up before this meal").
New Mexico, you will be gratified to hear, is Number One: it gets back $2.03 for every dollar its citizens render unto the Washington Caesar, nosing out Mississippi by one cent.
The outcome, despite everything, is not wholly absurd; there is a distracted magic to its air of ceremony, and visitors to the Met will be gratified to learn that this particular print was owned by Maurice Sendak.
His Spanish fans will be gratified.
Heretics and infidels, like myself, will be gratified to have avoided a more parlous fate.
Those who discover that they're at the high end will be gratified.
