Sentence examples similar to sustained gratification from inspiring English sources
They sustain similar delays of gratification when presented with food items accumulating at regular time intervals [41], [42].
If everything that is worthwhile in this life -- education, loving relationships, occupational skill, the development of civic virtue -- requires sustained effort, then who will teach us to let go of the idea of instant gratification?
They demand sustained, unbroken attention that almost requires you to regauge your entertainment metabolism, to forgo the need for instant gratification and allow their meanings to take hold slowly.
There was the 24-hour delay because of torrential rain, as though the elements themselves felt the game deserved an extended buildup, a sense of chaos, of gratification delayed, just as anticipation for the Rumble in the Jungle was enhanced when it was postponed after George Foreman sustained a cut in training.
It also provided the kind of viewer gratification required to sustain her life project at its long, low burn.
But another possibility is that, in their quest to pull viewers by promoting celebrity judges over still-unknown contestants, these programs are going for instant gratification over building and sustaining a long-term fan base.
You get instant gratification".
The currency of the dance floor is instant gratification, the quick hit, with any greater depth or nuanced musical tropes wantonly abandoned in the rush for the next euphoric controlled explosion to sustain the mood of hedonistic abandon.
The key to achieving and sustaining the American dream is not so simple as greater discipline, or Puritanical self-control, but rather in recognizing the difference between instant gratification and genuine fulfillment.
