Sentence examples for small satisfaction of from inspiring English sources

The small satisfaction of hearing the keyboardist Page McConnell splash rainwater chords around Mr. Anastasio's puddle-stomping guitar solos.

The closest thing to a political implication in our trip was the small satisfaction of contributing a few dollars to Nelson Mandela's tourism industry.

She enjoys the small satisfaction of knowing that she did her best.

Allow yourself small satisfaction on this point.

Edmund Ruffin had been the most ardent of all secessionists, so to watch his plantation burn brought some small satisfaction to the thousands of troops cornered at Harrison's Landing.

The bulky snarl of courtroom arguments resulted in small satisfaction for Levin: because the structure of the Hacketts' play was in some ways similar to his, the jury detected plagiarism; yet even this limited triumph foundered on the issue of damages.

This is the essence of Barrett's method: where we expect a moment of high drama or a forceful resolution, we get a tiny, resonant detail, a shade of melancholy, a small satisfaction.

I mean, the riots were a small satisfaction but it didn't bring any form of joy.

(The very drawing up of a bucket list might provide its own small satisfaction: at least that's done).

I will confess some small satisfaction when a politician whose politics I dislike suffers the indignity of a private scandal.

Finally, I gave myself a small satisfaction.