Sentence examples for personal gratifications from inspiring English sources
"personal gratifications" is an acceptable phrase in written English
It is typically used to refer to positive emotions and experiences that arise from an accomplishment or action. For example, "Through her volunteer work, she found both a sense of purpose and personal gratifications."
Chodkiewicz was not particularly involved in the politics of the Commonwealth, although his high office and wealth gave him significant influence; for the most part he used his political influence, and base of support in Lithuania, to gather support for his military plans, increased the size of the army, and personal gratifications.
The ego is our shadow personality, the part of us that values immediate personal gratification over the holism between ourselves and others that benefits us more greatly in the long run.
(I'm not so sure: the personal gratification provided by constant feedback doesn't wither as one gets older).
"Koleen is doing this for her own personal gratification," said Brooke Buckley, a board member who grew up with Ms. Brooks.
Bond's famed smooth charm, and his willingness to use women for personal gratification have earned him his fair share of critics over the years.
Jeter has been ticking off offensive milestones with impressive regularity, but only after a handful of them — like reaching 3,000 hits — has he shown great personal gratification.
This part of him was bloodless and inhuman – Smiley in this role was the international mercenary of his trade, amoral and without motive beyond that of personal gratification.
As Hughes predicted, those remarks were taken the wrong way — as a sign that he cared more about personal gratification than team glory.
Perhaps the greatest personal gratification, he said, was felt by those who labored so hard on the tower before the money ran out.
Caught up in an age of great uncertainty, his defensive instinct is to simplify, leaving political intrigue to others while pursuing one final prerogative – his own personal gratification – before that too fades.
"We've had a period of borrowing money, personal gratification, consumption and self-interest," said Dacher Keltner, a professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, and a director of the Greater Good Science Center.
